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Agriculture Statistics - Minnesota
By U.S. Department of Agriculture
Jun 4, 2006, 14:19 PST

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TOP COMMODITIES, EXPORTS, AND COUNTIES
Commodity	Value of receipts thousand $	Percent of state total farm receipts	Percent of US value
Top 5 agriculture commodities, 2001
1. Corn	1,446,608	17.9	8.5
2. Hogs	1,416,925	17.5	11.4
3. Dairy products	1,297,343	16.0	5.3
4. Soybeans	1,294,095	16.0	10.1
5. Cattle and calves	890,842	11.0	2.2

All commodities	8,101,875		4.0

For more details about Minnesota's top agriculture commodities, see Leading commodities for cash receipts, or contact Roger Strickland, 202-694-5592.

Top 5 agriculture exports, estimates, FY 2001

Commodity Rank among
states Value
million $

1.     Soybeans and products 3 724.8

2.     Feed grains and products 4 552.0

3.     Live animals and meat 8 210.6

4.     Vegetables and preparations 5 176.6

5.     Wheat and products 7 175.5

Overall 7 2,299.4

For more information on exports see the Agricultural Trade Briefing Room or ERS's Foreign Agricultural Trade of the United States (FATUS) or contact Carol Whitton, 202-694-5287.

Top 5 counties in agricultural sales 1997

Counties Percent of state's
total receipts Million $

1.     Stearns 3.6 302.2

2.     Renville 3.6 300.6

3.     Martin 3.1 253.7

4.     Kandiyohi 2.7 223.7

5.     Blue Earth 2.7 221.5

State total 8,290.3

For more information about the Census of Agriculture see the National Agricultural
Statistics Service's web page, or call 1-800-727-9540.

*EXTRA* Need more? For a printable fact sheet about Minnesota Agriculture, click here.
Source: Agriculture Classroom.

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