minnesota s processed food industry a fact sheet for businesses leadership products companies are nationally recognized trademark names include agricultural sector is the backbone to its strong spam luncheon meat jennie o hormel foods processing industries ranked among top 5 states betty crocker green giant haagen dazs pop secret production of sugar beets 1st sweet corn and peas yoplait lucky charms cheerios general mills oats 2nd soybeans 3rd 4th hogs turkeys malt meal in 2004 department agriculture hidden valley ventura michelina luigino crystal american accounted 20 percent state manufacturing ship ments 2001 rank sales billions 9 16 6 3 18 cargill 0 22 4 2 53 1 61 associated milk producers inc 77 8 88 96 source 100 us beverages company land lakes co michael