Table 6. Major sunflower producing counties represented by 1997 survey.a



State

County		 Total Reported Nonirrigated Oilseed Nonirrigated Confection Irrigated Oilseed Irrigated Confection

-- acres in each class --

KS Sherman 10,199 7,479 0 2,584 136
Cheyenne 1,897 1,699 78 120 0
Wallace 1,376 1,176 0 200 0
MN Kittson 6,139 2,280 3,859 0 0
Polk 3,783 2,693 1,090 0 0
Marshall 3,167 2,237 930 0 0
Pennington 2,797 1,834 960 0 0
Roseau 2,790 2,090 700 0 0
Red Lake 1,748 1,460 288 0 0
Clay 1,304 1,164 140 0 0
ND Barnes 9,964 9,434 530 0 0
Stutsman 9,049 7,356 1,693 0 0
La Moure 7,127 5,277 1,850 0 0
Wells 5,763 3,004 2,759 0 0
Foster 5,644 2,540 2,760 0 344
Benson 5,104 2,986 2,119 0 0
SD Beadle 16,804 16,408 0 0 0
Edmunds 8,603 8,603 0 0 0
Sully 4,905 4,905 0 0 0
Brown 4,817 4,817 0 0 0
Hand 4,802 4,057 745 0 0
Faulk 4,477 4,477 0 0 0

aCounties with over 5% of reported acres for each state, or 1,231 in Kansas, 1,132 in Minnesota, 4,644 in North Dakota and 3,823 in South Dakota.