Hottest year ever update: "Minnesota sees record corn, sugar beet production in 2012"

Minnesota sees record corn, sugar beet production in 2012 - TwinCities.com

Minnesota farmers produced the largest corn crop in state history in 2012, harvesting a record 1.37 billion bushels, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Friday, Jan. 11, in its final grain report of the season.
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The state's sugar beet production was 12.3 million tons, also a state record, USDA said.