Sunflower Fields Forever

Today is a grey, rainy, fifty-seven degree day, so I figure it's perfect for blogging about the BEAUTIFUL sunflower fields here in North Dakota.  North Dakota is the number one ranked in sunflower production.  Sunflowers are used in two main ways, for oilseed production, or non-oilseed which is for the food and birdseed market.  The oilseed sunflower seeds are usually smaller and black in color where as the others are larger with striped hulls.  Once the sunflowers are ready to be harvested they turn black and are ready for harvest. 

This year, there are many fields in bloom right near our house.  Since they are crops we didn't want to go traipsing too far into the fields, but we managed to get some great pictures.