Click here to add your own textSouthern Minnesota and northern Iowa is an agriculture giant producing more than 4.7 million hogs, 107 million bushels of soybeans and 511 million bushels of corn in recent years. The area has a natural industry cluster of soybean processing facilities, major food companies and 11 ethanol plants. CHS, ADM, Hormel and AMPI, just to name a few, are located there.