2007 National
Sunflower
Association
Survey
Project Leader:
Dr. Duane Berglund, Retired NDSU Extension
Agronomist and Professor Emeritus- Crop
Science
2007 Crop
Survey Teams
North Dakota
Counties
Terry Gregoire & Scott Knoke
Benson, Ramsey & Towner
(North Central)
Greg Endres, Richard Maine
Tim Becker & Darcy Uhrich
Foster, Wells, Eddy, Sheridan and
Stutsman (East Central)
Max Dietrich, Cal Thorson
& Gabriele Kelly
Logan, Emmons and McIntosh
(South East Central)
Larry Kleingartner, Mark Hulcup
Roger Ashley & Duane Barondeau
Burleigh, McLean, Morton, Hettinger
Grant
(W and WC)
2007 Crop
Survey Teams
North Dakota
Counties
Kent McKay & Denise Markle
Bottineau, Renville (NCW)
Jan Knodel, Larry Charlet,
Theresa Gross, Jerry Miller,
Dale Rehder & Mark Hulke
Walsh and Cavalier (NE)
Grand Forks and Nelson
Duane Berglund and Hans Kandel
Ward and McHenry (NC)
Minnesota
Counties
Tom Gulya, Gerald Seiler
NW Minnesota
2007 Crop Survey Teams
South Dakota
Counties (13)
Bob Fanning
Kathy Grady
Lee Gilbertson
Ruth Beck
Terry Hall
David Vander Viet
Mike Huber
Sandy Huber
Tom Young
Gabriele Kelly
Bennett
Campbell
Corson
Dewey
Hand
Hughes
Hyde
Jones
Lyman
Perkins
Potter
Sully
Walworth
2007 Crop Survey Teams
Colorado
Scott Brase and Bruce Bosley
Counties (5)
Adams, Baca, Cheyenne, Kiowa,
and Lincoln
Manitoba- Arvel Lawson
Darcelle Mabon & Fred Parnow
19 Locations
Kansas
Jeanne Falk, Area Crops Specialist,
KSU Extension, Colby, KS
Counties (4)
Sherman, Stevens,
Thomas, Cheyenne
Texas
Counties (4)
Calvin Trostle, Extension Agronomist, Lamb, Pecos,
Texas A&M,
Dallam & Hockley
Lubbock, TX
2007 Sunflower
Survey- # Fields
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North Dakota-78
Minnesota-12
South Dakota-30
Kansas-8
Colorado-6
Texas-5
Manitoba 19
T0TAL-158 Fields
2007 Sunflower Survey
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Only counties with 20,000 planted Acres
or more
One field stop per 10,000 Acres
Fields Surveyed in 2005- 146
Fields Surveyed in 2006 – 162
Fields Surveyed in 2007 - 158
Confection and Oilseed
Sunflower-2007 Survey
Confection
Oilseed
% Oil and Conf.
100
80
60
40
20
0
Colo
Kan.
MN
ND
SD
Man
Tx
Sunflower Yield and Plant
Population: 2007
Yield
Plant Pop
lb/A and 1/10
Plants/A
2500
2000
1500
1000
500
0
CO
KS
MN
ND*
SD
Man
Tx
Yield (lb/A) and Plant Population (1/10)
Sunflower Yield and Plant
Population: 2006
lb/A and 1/10
Plants/A
Yield
2000
1800
1600
1400
1200
1000
800
600
400
200
0
CO
KS
Plant Pop
MN
ND
SD
TX
Yield (lb/A) and Plant Population (1/10)
Yields, 2003-2007 In North
Dakota
Yield, lb/A
2007
1800
1600
1400
1200
1000
800
600
400
200
0
2006
2005
USDA
2003
NSA
Survey
Sunflower Yield : Lbs/A
2006 vs: 2007
2006
2007
MN
ND
2500
lb/A
2000
1500
1000
500
0
CO
KS
SD
Yield (lb/A)
Man
Tx
North Dakota 2007 Yield
Estimates
Sunflower Yields by Region in
N.Dak. 2006 and 2007
2007
2006
Pounds/ Acre
2500
2000
1500
1000
500
0
NC
Central
SC
W
NE
North Dakota
NW
Yields, 2003-2007
2007
2003
2005
2006
2500
Yield, lb/A
2000
1500
1000
500
0
CO
KS
MN
ND
SD
TX
Row Spacing Sunflowr-2007
-20 inches
+20 inches
% of Fields Surveyed
100
80
60
40
20
0
CO
KS
MN
ND
SD
Man
Tx
Row Spacing in North Dakota
Tillage: 2007 Sunflower Survey
no till
min till
conv till
90
% Fields Surveyed
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
CO
KS
MN
ND
SD
Man
Tx
Tillage in Sunflower-ND
Tillage: 2006 Sunflower Survey
no till
min till
conv till
% Fields Surveyed
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
CO
KS
MN
ND
SD
TX
Number One Yield Limiting
Factors-2007 in North Dakota
Disease
% Fields Surveyed
20
18
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
Plant pop
Insects
Weeds
Birds
Plant Spacing
Number One Yield Limiting
Factors-2007
Drought
% Fields Surveyed
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
N. Dak.
No Problem
Hail
Lodging
Number One Yield Limiting
Factors-2006
Drought
Plant Pop
Disease
Weeds
% Fields Surveyed
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
N. Dak.
Minn.
Birds
Insects
Lodging
Number One Yield Limiting
Factors-2007
Drought
Birds
Plant Pop
Lodging
Disease
Insects
Weeds
Plant Spacing
% Fields Surveyed
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
CO
KS
SD
Tx
Man
Number One Yield Limiting
Factors-2006
Drought
Birds
Plant Pop
Lodging
Disease
Insects
% Fields Surveyed
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
CO
KS
SD
Weeds
Plant Spacing
Number Two Yield Limiting
Factors-2007
No Problem
Plant Pop
Disease
Insects
Weeds
Plant Spacing
% Fields Surveyed
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
North
Dakota
Birds
Number One Yield Limiting
Factors-2005
Drought
Plant Pop
Disease
None
Birds
Weeds
% Fields Surveyed
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
CO
KS
MN
ND
SD
TX
Red Rust Incidence in 2007
100
90
80
70
60
% Fields
50
Infected
40
30
20
10
0
Mn
ND
SD
KS
Colo
Man
Tx
% Severity (Affected Area)
Red Rust in Sunflower7
6
5
4
2006
2007
3
2
1
0
CO
KS
MN
ND
SD
Man
Tx
Rust Severity Estimated for Fields Where Incidence Reported
SF Red Rust in ND
Sclerotinia in Sunflower in 2007
Wilt
Head Rot
Mid Stalk
% Plants Infected
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
CO
KS
MN
ND
SD
Man
Tx
Phomopsis in ND
%Bird Damage
2002
2003
2005
2006
2007
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
CO
KS
MN
ND
SD
TX
Bird Damage in ND
Insect: Longhorned Beetle
2006
2005
2007
% Plants Infested
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
CO
KS
MN
ND*
SD
TX
Long Horned Beetle in ND
Insect Seed Damage
10
9
8
7
6
% Seed
5
Damage
4
3
2
1
0
Seed Weevil
Banded Moth
SF Moth
Brown Spot
Colo Kan
SD
ND
Mn
Man
Webbing in Sunflower Heads
2007
40
35
30
% Heads 25
with
20
Webbing 15
10
5
0
Co Ka M N
lo n inn D
Tx
M
an
.
Sunflower Moth in ND
Sunflower Seed Maggot
2007
8
7
6
5
% Head
4
Damage
3
2
1
0
Co Ka SD
lo
n
N
D
M
n
M
T
an x
Sunflower Seed Maggot
in North Dakota
2007
20
15
% Head
10
Damage
5
0
N
E
N
C
N
S
CW NW W
C
EC
SC
SF Seed Maggot in ND
Incidence of Broadleaf Weeds
ND/MN 2005, 2006 & 2007
50
45
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
2005
2006
2007
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Incidence of Grassy Weeds In
Sunflower: ND/MN 2005, 2006 &
2007
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
2005
2006
2007
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Incidence of Broadleaf Weeds
South Dakota 2005, 2006 & 2007
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
RR
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2005
2006
2007
Incidence of Grassy Weeds
South Dakota 2005, 2006 & 2007
50
45
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
2005
2006
2007
G
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Fo rain ta
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Weeds in Manitoba 2007
80
70
60
% Fields 50
40
Found
30
20
10
0
2007
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2007 Sunflower Survey
Sponsored by the National
Sunflower Association
Maps of 2007 Sunflower Survey
North Dakota
 South Dakota
 Minnesota
 Kansas
 Colorado
 Website of all Maps in Sunflower Survey:
http://www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/aginfo/ndipm/in
dex.htm
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Plant Populations-North Dakota
NDak. Oilseed and Confection
Row Spacing- North Dakota
Tillage Practices-North Dakota
North Dakota
North Dakota
North Dakota
North Dakota
North Dakota
North Dakota
North Dakota
North Dakota
North Dakota
North Dakota
North Dakota
North Dakota
South Dakota
South Dakota
South Dakota
South Dakota
South Dakota
South Dakota
South Dakota
South Dakota
South Dakota
South Dakota
South Dakota
South Dakota
South Dakota
South Dakota
South Dakota
Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota
Kansas
Kansas
Kansas
Kansas
Kansas
Kansas
Kansas
Colorado
Colorado
Colorado
Colorado
Colorado
Colorado
2007 Sunflower Survey
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Sunflower Association