Use of Western-grown and Northarvest-grown Seed

    Western-grown seed was the most common seed source, planted on 58% of respondents' acres.
Northarvest-grown seed was planted on 25% of respondents' acres, a slightly lower percentage than
in 1997. North Dakota respondents planted Northarvest grown seed on 29% of their acres, while
Minnesota respondents planted Northarvest-grown seed on 15% of their acres. Use of
Northarvest-grown seed was slightly less than in 1997. Use of bin run seed was up from 7% in 1997
to 10% in 1998. Only 6% of Minnesota respondents' acres were planted to bin run seed, but 12% of
North Dakota respondents' acres were planted to bin run seed (Table 3), twice the percentage reported
in 1997.

Table 3: Sources of seed used by Minnesota and North Dakota respondents for planting
               in 1998