ND Facts
What lake has more shoreline than the California Pacific Coast?
Lake Sakakawea
What percent of North Dakota's land is used for farms and ranches.
89%
What year was the first piece of Bobcat equipment released?
M440, was released in 1962
What is the horticultural technique in which the scion of one plant is grown on the rootstock of another?
Grafting
North Dakota is the top producer of what two crops in the United States.
Spring Wheat and Sunflowers
What got it's name from former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt.
Teddy Bears
What is the average farm size in ND?
1,512 acres
Who was the North Dakota farmer that developed the Diamond disc blade in 1984 to reduce breakage from rocks.
Ardon Herman
A term also used in anthropology to mean a society that lacks diversity, what word is used to describe the agricultural practice of growing one crop species in a field at a time?
Monoculture
What 2 oil seeds does North Dakota Produce.
Flaxseed and Canola
What is a collection of the world's largest scrap metal sculptures constructed at intervals along a 32-mile stretch of two-lane highway in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of North Dakota.
Enchanted Highway
What percentage of ND farms produce food for and habitat for the state's wildlife?
75%
What year was Melroe Manufacturing Company founded in Gwinner, North Dakota?
1947
Edaphology is the study of which natural material—specifically, how it affects organisms (especially plants) and the ways in which humans can change it to meet their agricultural needs?
Soil
In 2023, North Dakota bees produced how many pounds of honey?
38.3 million pounds
In what town was the world's largest hamburger eaten in ND?
Rutland, North Dakota, in 1982. It weighed 3,591 pounds and more than 8,000 people were invited to the meal.
What 7 crops does ND lead the nation in production?
spring wheat, durum wheat, dry edible peas, dry edible beans, honey, flaxseed and canola.
What aerospace company manufactures electronic circuit boards, cables, harnesses, and ground support equipment in North Dakota?
Killdeer Mountain Manufacturing
What agricultural process is the creation of small holes in the soil, allowing air and other nutrients to reach a plant’s roots?
Aeration
What crop is a large, whitish-brown root vegetable that's related to the table beet.
Sugar Beet
What does ND hold the Guinness book world record for?
Most Snow angels made simultaneously in one place
What is the most fertile area for farming in North Dakota?
Red River Valley
What are some countries ND exports farm equipment to?
Canada, Mexico, Australia, and Germany.
Commonly referred to as beekeeping, what’s the technical term for maintaining these buzzy colonies? (Hint: The name comes from Apis—the genus that most honeybees belong to).
Apiculture
What percent of the countries sunflowers does ND produce?
38%