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Agri-Tourism
Agriculture is North Dakota's leading industry and its magnificent beauty and impact can be explored by visitors. Touring North Dakota's vast and rolling plains is just one way to see agriculture as a part of every-day life. Education vacations are another way to see both historic and modern farming operations.
Some interesting facts about agriculture in North Dakota - the state ranks first in the production of spring wheat, durum wheat, sunflowers, barley, all dry edible beans, pinto beans, canola, flaxseed, all dry edible peas, honey, lentils and navy beans.
North Dakota produces annually enough:
- Wheat for 15.5 billion loaves of bread
- Soybeans to make 212 billion crayons
- Potatoes for 171 million servings of French fries
- Beef for 100 million hamburgers
- Wool for 421,500 sweaters
- Milk for 894 million glasses
- Pork for 41 million pork chops
- Sunflowers to fill 726 million bags of sunflower seeds
- Corn to sweeten 45 billion cans of soda
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