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Minnesota Farmers Naturally Resourceful Addressing Water Quality Concerns Minnesota Farmers Naturally Resourceful Minnesota farmers are leaders in the production of corn soybeans wheat sugar beets potatoes milk pork beef and poultry products. They are also leaders in conservation. Programs developed and administered by farmers provide a research and education foundation to continuously seek areas of improvement in farming practices and tracking improvements. Discovery Farms Minnesotais a farmerled program combining water quality information and farming system information to help characterize the relationship between agricultural management and water quality.