What are the 3 main crops grown in minnesota?

Answer 1

Corn and soybeans are the state's top producing crops. Nationally, Minnesota ranks third in

soybean and fourth in corn production.

• Minnesota has 19 ethanol plants and three biodiesel plants. Total projected ethanol production

for 2008 is nearly 1 billion gallons. The state currently has a 10% mandate for ethanol blend and

5% for biodiesel. The state hopes to boost those blends in the next few years.

• Minnesota leads the nation in producing sugarbeets, turkeys, oats and sweet corn and green

peas for processing. The state is second only to California in wild rice production. The state is also

a major producer of spring wheat, canola, hogs, dry beans and milk cows.

• Minnesota is unique in the production of wild rice, with both cultivated paddy wild rice and

traditional Native American hand harvested wild rice.

• Minnesota leads the nation in turkey production. The state is also a major producer of hogs, milk

cows and mink pelts.

• Hogs are Minnesota's top-producing livestock commodity.

• Other livestock raised in Minnesota include bison, elk and ostriches. Minnesota is second nationally

for number of bison producers, raising 12,000 head.

Answer 2

corn wheat soy beans