Minnesota is known for its lakes and freshwater fishing. Now, a big agribusiness hopes to make the state a leader in producing America's favorite seafood, shrimp.
Marshall, Minn.-based Ralco Nutrition has been in the livestock feed business for more than 40 years, producing mainly hog, cattle and poultry food. But the firm wants to expand and has set its sights on producing seafood.
It might seem like an odd project for this part of the country, but the firm already has a pilot Pacific white shrimp operation up and running on the southwest Minnesota prairie — one of the driest parts of the state — 1,000 miles from the nearest ocean.
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