What farmers and ranchers want to be careful about is letting their personal stresses pile up so that their management practices and decision-making become ...

A positive is that projected yields for most crops have increased.

Debt has increased, but the solvency or financial risk of farms is better.

Crop prices are down from the highs of 2007 and 2008 but are still strong when viewed in a longer historical perspective.

In 2007, N.D. had 8.7 percent of employed residents working more than one job.

["Since 1994, North Dakota has ranked among the top nine states with the highest multiple job-holding rates in the nation.", ""]

The reasons for holding multiple jobs are varied and include part-time work, low wages, limited benefits, underemployment and seasonal work, such as ...

Since 2004, crude oil production in North Dakota has grown an average of 16.9 percent per year.

Nearly $80 million in SNAP benefits were distributed to North Dakota participants in fiscal year 2009, which is up 34.2 percent from 2008.