Use of Western-grown and Northarvest-grown Seed
Western-grown seed was the
most common seed source. Western-grown seed was planted on
61% of respondents' acres. Northarvest-grown seed was planted on 20% of respondents'
acres.
Both of these figures are slightly lower than in 1995, when 92% of respondents' acres were
planted
with one of these two seed sources. However, in 1996 8% of respondents' acres were planted
with
bin run seed, leaving 11% of respondents' acres not accounted for in the responses (Table
7).
North Dakota respondents
planted Northarvest-grown seed on 23% of their acres, while
Minnesota respondents planted Northarvest-grown seed on only 8% of their acres. ND3
respondents planted Northarvest-grown seed on 47% of their acres, similar to 1995. ND3 is
the
district that produces the most seed; thus, a significant portion of Northarvest-grown
seed appears
to have been used locally.
Table 7. Acres seeded with Western grown, Northarvest grown
or
bin-run seed in 1996 in each Northarvest district.
Western Grown |
Northarvest Grown Seed |
Bin Run Seed |
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| Northarvest District | Acres Planted | %
Respondents’ Acres Planted |
Acres Planted | %
Respondents’ Acres Planted |
Acres Planted | %
Respondents’ Acres Planted |
| Minnesota | ||||||
| MN1 | 21,319 | 83.6 | 2,274 | 8.9 | 617 | 2.4 |
| MN2 | 5,796 | 93.1 | 55 | 0.9 | 0 | 0 |
| MN3 | 3,053 | 56.6 | 642 | 11.9 | 0 | 0 |
| MN4 | 4,044 | 66.0 | 628 | 10.2 | 0 | 0 |
| MN5 | 9,187 | 82.6 | 715 | 6.4 | 130 | 1.2 |
| MN Total | 43,399 | 79.8 | 4,314 | 7.9 | 747 | 1.4 |
| North Dakota | ||||||
| ND1 | 26,828 | 71.4 | 2,414 | 6.4 | 7,157 | 19.0 |
| ND2 | 23,913 | 65.8 | 7,016 | 19.3 | 3,464 | 9.5 |
| ND3 | 15,555 | 35.7 | 20,314 | 46.6 | 3,353 | 7.7 |
| ND4 | 15,714 | 66.1 | 2,685 | 11.3 | 2,877 | 12.1 |
| ND5 | 12,251 | 41.6 | 7,486 | 25.4 | 1,210 | 4.1 |
| ND Total | 94,261 | 55.2 | 39,915 | 23.4 | 18,061 | 10.6 |
| Northarvest Total | 137,660 | 61.2 | 44,229 | 19.6 | 18,808 | 8.4 |
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