North Dakota, Crop Production & Agriculture
North Dakota produces 6 major field crops across 7.8M acres. The top crop is Soybeans with 2.6B bu.
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Major Crops
7.8M acres
Total Acreage
Soybeans
Top Crop
Crop Production in North Dakota
Frequently Asked Questions
North Dakota grows 6 major field crops: Soybeans, Corn, Wheat, Sunflower, Barley, Oats.
Soybeans is North Dakota's top crop with 2.6B bu produced across 6.2M acres.
Data from USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. Production in bushels, bales, or tons depending on crop.
The this entity record above pulls directly from the USDA NASS Quick Stats database. What follows is the per-entity context — how this entity sits in the broader U.S. crop production, acreage, and farm income distribution and which underlying factors drive the headline numbers.
Every number on this page links back to the USDA NASS Quick Stats database; the methodology page describes the inputs, refresh cadence, and known limitations of the underlying data product.
For readers using this page as a decision input, the related-entity pages elsewhere on the site provide the comparison set. The most useful comparison for this entity is typically a peer within U.S. crops and states with similar size, similar exposure, or similar geography — not the national-level summary alone.
Source: USDA NASS Quick Stats, 2026.