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About Minnesota agriculture
- October 28, 2011 - 9:28 PM
Number of farms: 81,000
Farm land: 27 million acres (53 percent of total land area)
Average farm size: 332 acres
RANKING (AMONG ALL U.S. STATES)
No. 4 in crop cash receipts
No. 1 in sugar beet, sweet corn for processing and green peas for processing
No. 2 in spring wheat, oats and wild rice
No. 3 in soybeans and dry edible beans
No. 4 in corn, flax seed and canola
No. 6 in sunflowers and potatoes
No. 6 in agricultural exporting ($5 billion, 2010)
Source: Minnesota Department of Agriculture© 2013 Star Tribune
