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Mark Steil
Worthington, Minn.

Minnesota farmers won't feel impact of Russian ban

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The Russian ban on many U.S. agricultural products should have only a minor effect on Minnesota producers according to state farm groups.

In 2013, Minnesota exported agricultural products to Russia worth about $7 million, according to the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development. That's less than 1 percent of the state's total non-manufactured exports for 2012, the latest year numbers are available.

Live dairy and beef cows accounted for about half of the products exported to Russia in 2013, but that export category is not restricted, according to The Financial Times.

Minnesota farmers also sent about $3 million worth of cereal grains and vegetable products to Russia last year. Other food exports included beans, sunflower seeds, mushrooms and processed beef.

While U.S. farmers as a whole will lose about $300 million worth of poultry sales to Russia, Minnesota chicken and turkey processors did not sell any poultry meat to Russia last year.