This article showcases our top picks for the best Minnesota based Farming companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Farming industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.
We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.
We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:
- Innovation
- Innovative ideas
- Innovative route to market
- Innovative product
- Growth
- Exceptional growth
- Exceptional growth strategy
- Management
- Societal impact
Top Minnesota Farming Startups
Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.
Puris
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Puris cultivates plant-based foods and ingredients from organic and non-GMO sources.
Sentera
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Analytics and machine learning insights for digital agriculture.
Conservis
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Conservis is a software solutions provider developing and implementing compliance, tracking, traceability and performance management tools.
Revol Greens
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Revol Greens is committed to sustainable and responsible farming.
MGEX Holdings
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MGEX Holdings is a principal market for Hard Red Spring Wheat serving millers, exporters, elevators, farmers, and speculators.
Living Greens Farm
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Living Greens Farm is a vertical, indoor grower of quality fresh lettuce, herbs, and microgreens.
tru Shrimp
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Tru Shrimp a Spinoff of livestok nutriation company
American Peat Technology
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American Peat Technology is a research company that specializes in providing agri-tech industry.
NETZRO, SBC
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Food technology to process industrial food & beverage byproducts into upcycled food ingredients at scale.
Terra grain fuels
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Terra grain fuels builds a partnership with farmers and provide advice on everything from marketing plans to economic forecasts for crops.
Feedlogic
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Feedlogic provides intelligent feeding solutions for livestock production and other agricultural monitoring solutions.
Rowbot Systems
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RowBot Systems develops and provides a robotic machine that allows farmers to practice in-season nitrogen management.
CHS Hedging
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Commodity brokerage of CHS Inc providing market intelligence, insight and price risk management to farmers, ranchers and agribusinesses.
Poly-Tex
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Poly-Tex manufacturers commercial greenhouses, high tunnels, shade structures, retail plant displays and benches.
Kibble Equipment
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Kibble Equipment is a John Deere dealership that features agriculture, turf, and commercial products.
Micro-Trak Systems
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Micro-Trak Systems provides solutions for precision farming and the turf & highway maintenance industries.
Central Farm Service
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Central Farm Service is an ag-focused cooperative that deals with the delivery of seeds, fertilizers, crop sprayers and cattle feed.
Farmers Union Industries
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Farmers Union Industries is a group of farmers that produce products like meat, pet & livestock feed, manure and fat products.
Bioverse
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Bioverse is a biotechnology research and development firm that focuses on product approvals and formulation testing.
West Central
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West Central is a full-service wholesale distributor of agronomy products.
Pipestone
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Pipestone offers pig production driven research, nutrition management, animal health, record keeping and marketing services.
Form-A-Feed
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Form-A-Feed develops, manufactures, and distributes animal health nutrition products.
Holden Farms
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Holden Farms has a thriving turkey operation and is one of the country’s largest family-owned pork producers.
GenNext Biotech
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GenNext Biotech manufactures biostimulants and fertilisers.
Environmental Tillage Systems
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Environmental Tillage Systems is a manufacturer of conservation tillage and nutrient management equipment.
Albert Lea Seed
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Albert Lea Seed is a family-owned seed store offering field seed and garden seed.
Schwartz Farms
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Schwartz Farms is a farming business that specializes in the processing and wholesale distribution of pork meat.
United Farmers Cooperative
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United Farmers Cooperative is an agricultural firm that delivers agronomy, fuels, equipment, livestock feed and grain supply services.
NuWay-K&H Cooperative
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NuWay-K&H provides agronomy products and services.
FAST Ag Solutions
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FAST Ag Solutions manufactures liquid fertilizer applicators, sprayers, specialty trailers, tanks, and related agricultural equipment.
Bushel Boy Farms
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Bushel Boy Farms is Midwest-based greenhouse vegetable grower focused on quality, freshness and flavor.
Crystal Valley
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Crystal Valley is a farm supply, and grain marketing cooperative focused on serving the needs of crop farmers and livestock producers.
Son-D-Farms
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Son-D-Farms specializes in swine and grain operation.
Wheaton Dumont Co-op Elevator
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Wheaton Dumont Co-op Elevator provides various financing programs for farm needs including agricultural products and services.
New Horizon Farms
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New Horizon Farms is a farming company that provides sow farming and protein products.
Pork Storks
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Pork Storks is a pig semen supplier that offers first-grade genetics, breeding management, swine genetics, research and breeding services.
Hanson Silo
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Hanson Silo is a manufacturer of dairy, beef feed, grain storage equipment, precast concrete, bunker Silo, easy rake, valmetal products.
Arnold’s
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Arnold’s provides source for new and used case IH tractors, combines, hay & forage, skid steers, planters and tillage equipment.
Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy
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Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy works to ensure fair and sustainable food, farm, and trade systems.
Grain Handler
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Grain Handler is a manufacturer of grain handling equipment that produces continuous mix-flow dryers products and energy maximizer dryers.
Sargent’s Landscape Nursery
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Sargent’s Landscape Nursery provides landscape design, installation services as well as supplies green goods, plants and materials.
Feedstuffs
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Feedstuffs provides the latest news and analysis on food, agriculture and farming.
GANDY
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GANDY is a manufacturer and supplier of agricultural equipment and professional turf care products.
Dream of Wild Health
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Dream of Wild Health provides access to healthy indigenous foods, medicines, and lifeways.
Thousand Hills
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Thousand Hill produces and supplies artificial hormones, antibiotics, and GMO-free grass-fed beef with holistic regenerative grazing.
Stealth Ag
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Stealth Ag is a tremendous leader in soil data services and agronomic solutions in Minnesota and Iowa.
Agnition
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Agnition provide you with products formulated with exclusive technologies that fit the way you farm.
Global Auction Guide
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Global Auction Guide provides searchable databases, making it easy for farmers to locate any item they were looking for.
Plantra
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Plantra manufactures planting and harvest products.
Autumnwood Farm
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Autumnwood Farm produces fresh milk and milk products.
United Bio Energy
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United Bio Energy is a distributor of distillers grains and corn oil and offers transportation logistics and risk management services.
Wingert Realty & Land Services
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Wingert Realty & Land Services providing high-quality land services to farmland owners across southern Minnesota and northern Iowa.
Plainview Milk Products
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Plainview Milk Products offers dairy processing, delivery, bulk liquid dairy, powdered milk, butter, packaging, and farm retail services.
Minnesota Dehydrated Vegetables
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Minnesota Dehydrated Vegetables is a supplier of dehydrated vegetables to food manufacturers.
Glacial Plains Cooperative
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Glacial Plains Cooperative provides food crop production that includes corn, soybeans, wheat, grains, and other related products.
Gold Country Seed
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Gold Country Seed provides tested, grown, and conditioned seeds.
IDEAg
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IDEAg produces interactive events, publications, and media products for the department of agriculture.
Minnesota DHIA
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Minnesota DHIA is a non-profit organization aiming to improve the dairy and cattle industry by providing various testing services.
Haug Implement
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Haug Implement is a john deere dealership company.
S.T. Biologicals
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S.T. Biologicals team of experts helps producers efficiently transition to regenerative farming.
Trumpeter Swan Farm
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Trumpeter Swan Farm raises fruits & vegetables, plus free-range brown eggs, home delivery to CSA members, and sell Buffalo Farmers Market.
Cheetah Development
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Cheetah Development is a non-profit investing company that invests in African agriculture businesses.
Untiedt’s Vegetable Farm
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Untiedt’s Vegetable Farm is a farming community that grows and produces a range of fruits and vegetables with a marketplace for sale.
Pro-AG Farmers Cooperative
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Pro Ag Farmers is a member-owned firm providing farm and rural customers with farm products, marketing, and service at competitive prices.
Wulf Cattle
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Wulf Cattle is a supplier of beef products for consumers.
Encore
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Strategic growth, impactful leadership or preserve your legacy. Growing crops and livestock is one thing. Growing your operation is another.
The Plant Pathways
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The Plant Pathways Company is specialized in developing food and medical plant varieties to improve human health through nutrition.
Flatirons Financial
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Flatirons Financial offers analytic services that present price differentials and revenue analysis to small and mid-sized grain growers.
Scenic Valley Farms
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Scenic Valley Farms designs and manages tunnels, automated climate control systems and subterranean solar thermal heating systems.
Design Home Center
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Design Home Center provides construction and remodeling services.
