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Figure 1. Annual harvested acreage (yellow dots) and productivity (red dots) of corn in North Dakota. Corn Production and Productivity in North Dakota Corn production average continues to move north and west within North Dakota (ND). In 2006, ND farmers planted over 1.7 million acres of corn placing corn as the number three state crop commodity economically (Figure 1). However, it is expected to grow to 2.6 million acres in 2007 (2007 USDA estimate), being ND the third U.S. state in corn acreage increase when compared to 2006. If this is confirmed then Figure 1 would not be useful anymore and yellow dots would be off the chart. The main reason corn is becoming adapted to these once considered marginal areas, is genetic improvement. However, even though the ethanol industry is expanding in these areas, corn is still limited in its west extension due to significant environmental challenges, mainly drought. The main economic benefit to the farmer and industry in this state continues to be the current availability of productive early-maturing lines with high starch under abiotic stresses, a priority within the NDSU corn breeding program. |
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