Claim · model-written summary
Annual total economic impact in South Dakota averaged $US7.3 million.
- Taxon
- sunflower
Helianthus annuuse0 - Interactor
- birde0pest
- Outcome
- economic impact of bird damage to sunflower productione0
- Value
- $US7.3 millione0
- Setting
- South Dakotae0
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Verbatim
e0“The average annual total (direct plus indirect) economic impact of bird damage to sunflower production for North Dakota, South Dakota, and Nebraska was $US18.7 million, $US7.3 million, and $US2.6 million, respectively”
Title
The economic impacts of blackbird (Icteridae) damage to sunflower in the USA
Karina Ernst; Julie Elser; George Linz; et al. Pest Management Science 2019. doi:10.1002/ps.5486
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- Observation Annual total economic impact in North Dakota averaged $US18.7 million.
- Observation Annual total economic impact in Nebraska averaged $US2.6 million.