The program provides a tool for producers to check the changing scenarios until final planting decisions are made this spring.

Nearly one-fifth of the funds went to Social Security ($1.4 billion).

["The gross business volume associated with the NDUS was estimated at $2.9 billion in 2009.", ""]

In 2010, $95 million in SNAP benefits were distributed to North Dakota participants, up 19 percent from $80 million 2009.