Sunflowers are used to make a healthy oil.
I live in South Dakota, and they grow them out here. I watched a farm show, and I think they were growing a lot of them in North Dakota, too. Of course, they grow lots of sunflowers in Kansas. Main crops in these places are corn, soy, and wheat. Sunflowers are a profitable crop so farmers rotate them in with their main crops. I think they grow a few sunflowers in a whole lot of states, but they are mostly out on the Plains.
The number one crop grown in North Dakota is wheat, especially durum wheat which is used to make pasta. Other crops grown in North Dakota used for food are sunflowers, soy beans, sugar beets, beans (dry), potatoes, and oats.
Yes, there are many farmers in South Dakota as agriculture is a big part of South Dakota's economy.
Wheat, Oats, Barley, Buckwheat, Corn, Sugar Beets, Canola, Flax, Sunflowers, Soybeans, Mustard, Safflower and Potatoes.
Sunflowers are primarily grown commercially in countries with favorable climates, including the United States, Russia, Ukraine, Argentina, and Turkey. The U.S. is one of the largest producers, particularly in states like North Dakota, South Dakota, and Kansas. These regions provide the necessary conditions of warm temperatures and well-drained soil for optimal sunflower growth. Sunflowers are cultivated mainly for their seeds, which are used for oil production, snacks, and bird feed.
North Dakota
Although adaptable to many environments, they do not grow in arctic conditions, and are unviable in climates with less than 75 days of summer. Sunflowers are native only to North and Central America; they were introduced by man to other parts of the world.
The answer depends on what you mean by "crops". If you mean the types of crops grown, there are at least 20 different types of crops grown in North Dakota each year. North Dakota is the largest producer in the US of durum wheat, hard red spring wheat, sunflowers, barley, navy beans, pinto beans, canola, flax seed, dry edible peas, lentils and honey. If you mean the amount in acres, more than 39 million acres of North Dakota are used to grow crops.
North Dakota leads the US in production of durum wheat and red spring wheat. Other crops grown in North Dakota include barley, dry peas, lentils, chickpeas, sugar beets, sunflowers, navy beans, pinto beans, flax, honey, soy beans, corn, canola, and potatoes. North Dakota also produces cattle, dairy cattle, hogs, sheep, turkeys, horses, farmed elk, and goats.
Crops grown in South Dakota include corn, wheat (durum, hard red winter, hard red spring), soybeans, sunflowers, oats, flax seed, alfalfa, hay, and sorghum. South Dakota's major crops are corn, hay, soybeans and wheat.
Rye is primarily grown in the northern states of the US, such as North Dakota, Montana, Minnesota, South Dakota, and Idaho. These states have the ideal climate and soil conditions for rye cultivation.
In the US, wheat is mostly grown in the prairie states: Kansas,North and South Dakota and Minnesota. Wheat can be grown in cold climates where corn and soy beans can not be grown. However, wheat can be grown in warmer places- some considerable amounts of wheat are grown wherever there is cropland.