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Alternative & Specialty Crops

  • Adzuki Bean
  • Alternative Crops
  • Amaranth
  • Belgium Endive
  • Broomcorn
  • Camelina
  • Castorbean
  • Chicory
  • Crambe
  • Faba Bean
  • Fenugreek
  • Ginseng
  • Guar and Psyllium
  • Hemp, Industrial
  • Hops
  • Jerusalem Artichoke
  • Kenaf
  • Kiwi
  • Meadowfoam
  • Millet
  • Mungbean
  • Okra
  • Peanut
  • Potatoes, Sweet
  • Quinoa
  • Rice
  • Sesame
  • Spelt
  • Teff
  • Vernonia
  • Wild Rice

Field & Oilseed Crops

  • Barley
  • Beans
  • Buckwheat
  • Canola
  • Chickpea
  • Corn
  • Dry Beans
  • Field Peas
  • Flax
  • Lentils
  • Mustard
  • Niger
  • Oats
  • Rye
  • Safflower
  • Sorghum
  • Soybeans
  • Sugarbeet
  • Sunflower
  • Triticale
  • Wheat

Flowers

  • Cut Flowers
  • Dried Flowers
  • Edible Flowers
  • Native Wildflowers

Forages

  • Alfalfa
  • Canarygrass (seed)
  • Clover
  • Cool Season Grass
  • Forage, Brassicas
  • Hairy Vetch
  • Hay and Specialty Hay
  • Kochia
  • Lupin
  • Pigeon Pea
  • Red Clover
  • Reed Canarygrass

Fruits

  • Blackberry
  • Blueberry
  • Cranberry
  • Currants
  • Elderberry
  • Gooseberry
  • Grapes
  • Juneberry (Saskatoon Berry)
  • Lingonberry
  • Raspberry
  • Saskatoon Berry (Juneberry)
  • Strawberry
  • Herbs
  • Culinary Herbs
  • Basil
  • Caraway
  • Catnip
  • Chamomile
  • Comfrey
  • Coriander
  • Dill
  • Echinacea
  • Essential Oil Production
  • Fennel
  • Feverfew
  • Goldenseal
  • Lavender
  • Lemon Balm
  • Medicinal Herbs
  • Mint
  • Oregano
  • Parsley
  • Rosemary
  • Sage
  • St. John's Wort
  • Thyme

Mushrooms

  • Mushrooms
  • Mycology
  • Oyster Mushrooms
  • Shiitake Mushrooms
  • Specialty Mushrooms

Trees & Tree Products

  • Apples
  • Apricots
  • Cherries
  • Chestnuts
  • Christmas Trees
  • Fruit Trees
  • Hazel Trees
  • Maple Syrup
  • Nuts
  • Peaches
  • Pears
  • Pecans
  • Plums
  • Syrup
  • Walnut

Vegetables

  • Artichoke
  • Asparagus
  • Beans
  • Broccoli
  • Cabbage
  • Cantaloupe and Other Melons
  • Carrots
  • Cauliflower
  • Celery
  • Cowpea
  • Cucumbers
  • Eggplant
  • Garlic
  • Greenhouse
  • Greens
  • Horseradish
  • Lettuce
  • Onions and Leeks
  • Peas
  • Peppers
  • Potatoes
  • Pumpkin
  • Radish
  • Rhubarb
  • Rutabaga and Turnips
  • Spinach
  • Squash
  • Tomatoes
  • Watermelons

MDA Contact

Meg Moynihan
Minnesota Farm Opportunities
651-201-6616
Agricultural Development & Financial Assistance Division