North Dakota #1 In Oil! Ahead of Alaska, California and Texas! Combined! (Sunflower Oil)

The numbers are in and North Dakota is #1 in oil. Sunseed oil.
North Dakota should set a record when the sunflower harvest is complete. From the Bismarck Tribune:

• North Dakota will produce 49 percent of the nation’s sunseeds this year; together, North Dakota and South Dakota will produce 77 percent of the nation’s crop.
• More significant for the state’s growers is that this year they will average 1,638 pounds per acre, a record yield and a full 120 pounds above last year’s good yields, according to the USDA. The previous record was 1,586 pounds an acre in 2005.
• If this year’s yields bear out, they will be 24 percent higher than the 10-year average of 1,321 pounds per acre, from 1999-2008.

Some say the yields might be as high as 3,000 pounds per acre in some areas. 

And the oil content is excellent.

• The quality of North Dakota’s crop, in terms of oil content, also is high, with good test weight.
• Oil content is coming in at 43 percent to 44 percent, well above the standard of 40 percent.

Demand is high. While production is hitting records in North Dakota, bad weather in other major producing areas -- particularly Russia -- has hit production elsewhere.


From: "Everything is Illuminated."