Is South Dakota Too Reliant on Agriculture Production?

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A new study shows that the Dakotas get more of their gross state products from agriculture production and food manufacturing than any other states.

The study done for South Dakota's Agriculture Department finds that South Dakota in 2012 got 11.9 percent of its gross state product from those industries, and the figure for North Dakota was 12.1 percent.

The Capital Journal reports that rounding out the top five were Iowa with 11.4 percent, Nebraska with 11.3 percent and Idaho with 9 percent.

North Dakota and South Dakota are the only states that have more than 10 percent of their gross state product coming from agriculture production.

In food production, North Dakota was 19th in the nation and South Dakota 22nd.

Source: Is South Dakota Too Reliant on Agriculture Production? Study Shows That Might be the Case.