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Minnesota Index: Agriculture top 10 state rankings

Where Minnesota agriculture ranks nationally in alfalfa hay production  10

Number of USDA Certified Organic Farms; steers 500 pounds and over  9

Number of farms; milk production           8

Net farm income              7

Cheese production; honey production; red meat production      6

Crop production value; off-farm grain storage capacity   5

Barley production; canola production; corn for grain production 4

Total value of agricultural exports; soybean production; oat production 3

All hogs and pigs value; turkeys value production; on-farm grain storage capacity              2

Turkeys raised; sweet corn for processing; sugarbeets production; red kidney bean production 1

Sources: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (Oct. 2016); Minnesota Department of Agriculture


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