The planted area for canola nationwide is forecast to be record high at 2.28 million acres. That’s up three percent from last year. Canola acreage in North Dakota is at an all-time high of 1.9 million. That’s up six percent from 2022. After a huge sunflower crop last year, many of those acres have gone away this year. North Dakota is the #1 sunflower production state with 625,000 total acres. That’s down 15 percent from last year. South Dakota sunflower acreage is at 460,000 acres, down more than 29 percent. The total sunflower acreage in Minnesota declined 24 percent at 59,000.
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