Polk, Redwood, Marshall and Renville are the top four soybean producing counties in Minnesota.

_{The Farmer  Published:  2-24-2014}

Renville County was the largest corn-producing county in 2013, with 49.6 million bushels. Martin and Redwood counties had the second and third largest production, with 43.2 million and 42.4 million bushels produced, respectively, according to estimates released by the Minnesota Field Office of the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service

Watonwan County had the highest average yield, at 191.1 bushels per acre. Four other counties recorded average yields above 180 bushels per acre, led by Martin county (188.9), followed by Blue Earth (186.4), Goodhue (182.6), and Rock (181.3). The three highest yielding counties were in the South Central district.

Four counties had published yields under 100 bushels per acre in 2013. Aitkin County recorded the lowest yield, at 75.0 bushels per acre. Morrison (89.8), Todd (95.1), and Benton (95.3) also had average yields below 100 bushels per acre.   Click here to read the complete article!