Agriculture

McKenzie County Agriculture: Value and Economic Impact

Located in western North Dakota, McKenzie County is among the most productive agricultural counties in the state. It provides jobs for over 900 county residents, accounts for over 68 million dollars of direct economic activity and contributes almost 22% of the counties total economic activity.

McKenzie County’s Top Commodities ( sales by dollar value, 2002)

1. Grains and Oilseeds $22.6 Million

2. Cattle and Calves $22.1 Million

3. Other Crops and Hay $10.2 Million

4. Sheep and Goats $389 Thousand

5. Milk $304 Thousand

Census, State - County Data
Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2002

Geographic area

Item

Data

North Dakota\McKenzie Farms (number) 632

North Dakota\McKenzie Land in farms (acres) 1,192,999

North Dakota\McKenzie Land in farms - Average size of farm (acres) 1,888

North Dakota\McKenzie Land in farms - Median size of farm (acres) 1,120

North Dakota\McKenzie Estimated market value of land and buildings 1/ - Average per farm (dollars) 603,918

North Dakota\McKenzie Estimated market value of land and buildings 1/ - Average per acre (dollars) 304

North Dakota\McKenzie Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment 1/ - Average per farm (dollars) 121,341

North Dakota\McKenzie Farms by size - 1 to 9 acres 5

North Dakota\McKenzie Farms by size - 10 to 49 acres 28

North Dakota\McKenzie Farms by size - 50 to 179 acres 96

North Dakota\McKenzie Farms by size - 180 to 499 acres 83

North Dakota\McKenzie Farms by size - 500 to 999 acres 100

North Dakota\McKenzie Farms by size - 1,000 acres or more 320

North Dakota\McKenzie Total cropland (farms) 573

North Dakota\McKenzie Total cropland (acres) 468,899

North Dakota\McKenzie Total cropland - Harvested cropland (farms) 497

North Dakota\McKenzie Total cropland - Harvested cropland (acres) 326,759

North Dakota\McKenzie Irrigated land (farms) 73

North Dakota\McKenzie Irrigated land (acres) 23,359

North Dakota\McKenzie Market value of agricultural products sold (See Text) ($1,000) 55,874

North Dakota\McKenzie Market value of agricultural products sold (See Text) - Average per farm (dollars) 88,409

North Dakota\McKenzie Market value of agricultural products sold (See Text) - Crops ($1,000) 32,925

North Dakota\McKenzie Market value of agricultural products sold (See Text) - Livestock, poultry, and their products ($1,000) 22,950

North Dakota\McKenzie Farms by value of sales - Less than $2,500 111

North Dakota\McKenzie Farms by value of sales - $2,500 to $4,999 22

North Dakota\McKenzie Farms by value of sales - $5,000 to $9,999 48

North Dakota\McKenzie Farms by value of sales - $10,000 to $24,999 65

North Dakota\McKenzie Farms by value of sales - $25,000 to $49,999 87

North Dakota\McKenzie Farms by value of sales - $50,000 to $99,999 124

North Dakota\McKenzie Farms by value of sales - $100,000 or more 175

North Dakota\McKenzie Government payments (farms) 430

North Dakota\McKenzie Government payments ($1,000) 2,904

North Dakota\McKenzie Total income from farm-related sources, gross before taxes and expenses (farms) 365

North Dakota\McKenzie Total income from farm-related sources, gross before taxes and expenses ($1,000) 1,665

North Dakota\McKenzie Total farm production expenses ($1,000) 39,335

North Dakota\McKenzie Total farm production expenses - Average per farm (dollars) 62,736

North Dakota\McKenzie Net cash farm income of operation (farms) 627

North Dakota\McKenzie Net cash farm income of operation ($1,000) 21,716

North Dakota\McKenzie Net cash farm income of operation - Average per farm (dollars) 34,635

North Dakota\McKenzie Principal operator by primary occupation - Farming (number) 476

North Dakota\McKenzie Principal operator by primary occupation - Other (number) 156

North Dakota\McKenzie Principal operator by days worked off farm - Any (number) 307

North Dakota\McKenzie Principal operator by days worked off farm - Any - 200 days or more (number) 160

North Dakota\McKenzie Livestock and poultry - Cattle and calves inventory (farms) 371

North Dakota\McKenzie Livestock and poultry - Cattle and calves inventory (number) 68,853

North Dakota\McKenzie Livestock and poultry - Cattle and calves inventory - Beef cows (farms) 362

North Dakota\McKenzie Livestock and poultry - Cattle and calves inventory - Beef cows (number) (D)

North Dakota\McKenzie Livestock and poultry - Cattle and calves inventory - Milk cows (farms) 6

North Dakota\McKenzie Livestock and poultry - Cattle and calves inventory - Milk cows (number) (D)

North Dakota\McKenzie Livestock and poultry - Cattle and calves sold (farms) 360

North Dakota\McKenzie Livestock and poultry - Cattle and calves sold (number) 41,880

North Dakota\McKenzie Livestock and poultry - Hogs and pigs inventory (farms) 8

North Dakota\McKenzie Livestock and poultry - Hogs and pigs inventory (number) (D)

North Dakota\McKenzie Livestock and poultry - Hogs and pigs sold (farms) 6

North Dakota\McKenzie Livestock and poultry - Hogs and pigs sold (number) (D)

North Dakota\McKenzie Livestock and poultry - Sheep and lambs inventory (farms) 16

North Dakota\McKenzie Livestock and poultry - Sheep and lambs inventory (number) 4,334

North Dakota\McKenzie Livestock and poultry - Layers 20 weeks old and older inventory (farms) 12

North Dakota\McKenzie Livestock and poultry - Layers 20 weeks old and older inventory (number) 564

North Dakota\McKenzie Livestock and poultry - Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold (farms) 1

North Dakota\McKenzie Livestock and poultry - Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold (number) (D)

North Dakota\McKenzie Selected crops harvested - Corn for grain (farms) 21

North Dakota\McKenzie Selected crops harvested - Corn for grain (acres) 1,440

North Dakota\McKenzie Selected crops harvested - Corn for grain (bushels) 128,545

North Dakota\McKenzie Selected crops harvested - Corn for silage or greenchop (farms) 31

North Dakota\McKenzie Selected crops harvested - Corn for silage or greenchop (acres) 2,933

North Dakota\McKenzie Selected crops harvested - Corn for silage or greenchop (tons) 46,264

North Dakota\McKenzie Selected crops harvested - Wheat for grain, All (farms) 285

North Dakota\McKenzie Selected crops harvested - Wheat for grain, all (acres) 163,562

North Dakota\McKenzie Selected crops harvested - Wheat for grain, all (bushels) 4,761,023

North Dakota\McKenzie Selected crops harvested - Wheat for grain, all - Winter wheat for grain (farms) 3

North Dakota\McKenzie Selected crops harvested - Wheat for grain, all - Winter wheat for grain (acres) 568

North Dakota\McKenzie Selected crops harvested - Wheat for grain, all - Winter wheat for grain (bushels) 15,645

North Dakota\McKenzie Selected crops harvested - Wheat for grain, all - Spring wheat for grain (farms) 139

North Dakota\McKenzie Selected crops harvested - Wheat for grain, all - Spring wheat for grain (acres) 64,289

North Dakota\McKenzie Selected crops harvested - Wheat for grain, all - Spring wheat for grain (bushels) 1,825,692

North Dakota\McKenzie Selected crops harvested - Wheat for grain, all - Durum wheat for grain (farms) 192

North Dakota\McKenzie Selected crops harvested - Wheat for grain, all - Durum wheat for grain (acres) 98,705

North Dakota\McKenzie Selected crops harvested - Wheat for grain, all - Durum wheat for grain (bushels) 2,919,686

North Dakota\McKenzie Selected crops harvested - Oats for grain (farms) 91

North Dakota\McKenzie Selected crops harvested - Oats for grain (acres) 10,359

North Dakota\McKenzie Selected crops harvested - Oats for grain (bushels) 529,229

North Dakota\McKenzie Selected crops harvested - Barley for grain (farms) 99

North Dakota\McKenzie Selected crops harvested - Barley for grain (acres) 24,632

North Dakota\McKenzie Selected crops harvested - Barley for grain (bushels) 965,770

North Dakota\McKenzie Selected crops harvested - Sorghum for grain (farms) 2

North Dakota\McKenzie Selected crops harvested - Sorghum for grain (acres) (D)

North Dakota\McKenzie Selected crops harvested - Sorghum for grain (bushels) (D)

North Dakota\McKenzie Selected crops harvested - Sorghum for silage or greenchop (farms) 5

North Dakota\McKenzie Selected crops harvested - Sorghum for silage or greenchop (acres) 673

North Dakota\McKenzie Selected crops harvested - Sorghum for silage or greenchop (tons) (D)

North Dakota\McKenzie Selected crops harvested - Soybeans for beans (farms) 2

North Dakota\McKenzie Selected crops harvested - Soybeans for beans (acres) (D)

North Dakota\McKenzie Selected crops harvested - Soybeans for beans (bushels) (D)

North Dakota\McKenzie Selected crops harvested - Dry edible beans, excluding limas (farms) 6

North Dakota\McKenzie Selected crops harvested - Dry edible beans, excluding limas (acres) 1,000

North Dakota\McKenzie Selected crops harvested - Dry edible beans, excluding limas (cwt) 20,160

North Dakota\McKenzie Selected crops harvested - Potatoes (farms) 1

North Dakota\McKenzie Selected crops harvested - Potatoes (acres) (D)

North Dakota\McKenzie Selected crops harvested - Potatoes (cwt) (D)

North Dakota\McKenzie Selected crops harvested - Forage - land used for all hay and all haylage, grass silage, and greenchop (farms) 388

North Dakota\McKenzie Selected crops harvested - Forage - land used for all hay and all haylage, grass silage, and greenchop (acres) 91,236

North Dakota\McKenzie Selected crops harvested - Forage - land used for all hay and all haylage, grass silage, and greenchop (tons, dry) 122,565

North Dakota\McKenzie Selected crops harvested - Sunflower seed, All (farms) 1

North Dakota\McKenzie Selected crops harvested - Sunflower seed, all (acres) (D)

North Dakota\McKenzie Selected crops harvested - Sunflower seed, all (pounds) (D)

North Dakota\McKenzie Selected crops harvested - Sugarbeets for sugar (farms) 46

North Dakota\McKenzie Selected crops harvested - Sugarbeets for sugar (acres) 10,930

North Dakota\McKenzie Selected crops harvested - Sugarbeets for sugar (tons) 228,363

North Dakota\McKenzie Selected crops harvested - Vegetables harvested for sale (farms) 3

North Dakota\McKenzie Selected crops harvested - Vegetables harvested for sale (acres) (D)

North Dakota\McKenzie Selected crops harvested - Land in orchards (farms) -

North Dakota\McKenzie Selected crops harvested - Land in orchards (acres) -

The following footnotes, headnotes, abbreviations and symbols are used throughout this table:

(D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual farms.
- Represents zero.

1/ Data are based on a sample of farms.