Major Sunflower Producing Counties Represented by Survey. KS counties with the largest number of acres reported by respondents were Sherman, Cheyenne and Wallace. MN counties with the largest number of acres reported by respondents were Kittson, Polk, Marshall, Pennington, Roseau, Red Lake and Clay. ND counties with the largest number of acres reported by respondents were Barnes, Stutsman, La Moure, Wells, Foster and Benson. These data contrast to total acres planted, according to the North Dakota Agricultural Statistics Service, with the largest number of acres planted in Stutsman, Barnes, La Moure, Dickey, Nelson, Ramsey, Benson and Foster (5). Thus, Dickey, Nelson and Ramsey were under-represented in the survey. On the other hand, the three counties with the largest number of acres in the survey were also the counties with the largest number of acres planted, according to the North Dakota Agricultural Statistics Service. SD counties with the largest number of acres reported by respondents were Beadle, Edmunds, Sully, Brown, Hand and Faulk (Table 6). Many of these are the same counties that were leading sunflower producing counties in 1994. The majority of irrigated acres reported was in Sherman County, KS.