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WHY AG IS IMPORTANT

BY: KOBE & ERIK
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NUMBER OF MINNESOTA FARMS: 79,800

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More than 21 million American workers (15 percent of the total U.S. workforce) produce, process and sell the nation’s food and fiber.

Corn and soybeans are Minnesota's top farm product

About 23 percent of raw U.S. farm products are exported each year.

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Each year, hundreds of thousands of trees are planted on farmland.

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More than half of America’s farmers intentionally provide habitat for wildlife.

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Bananas are the number one fruit crop in the world.

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Tractors were invented in the 1880s to pull plows through fields

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Raising beef cattle is the single largest segment of American agriculture

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Approximately 97% of U.S. farms are operated by families, family partnerships, or family corporations

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