Agriculture :
Land in farms, 2002-2007

Between 2002 and 2007, the number of Minnesota acres dedicated to farming stayed virtually the same, decreasing just 2.2%. The largest decreases were found in the north central and northeastern counties, where farming is not prevalent and small changes can produce large changes percentage-wise. There were a large number of counties, however, in the traditionally farm-intensive northeast and a swath along Highway 212 that also lost upwards of 10% of their farm acres. Curiously, Hennepin and Dakota counties actually added farm acres.

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