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    Exhibit 21

THE TORO COMPANY
Subsidiaries of Registrant

    The following are significant subsidiaries of The Toro Company as of January 7, 2000.

Name

  State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation

  Percentage of Voting
Securities Owned

 
Toro Credit Company   Minnesota   100 %
Toro Factoring Company N.V.   Netherlands Antilles   100 %
Toro Foreign Sales Corporation   Barbados   100 %
MTI Distributing, Inc.   Minnesota   100 %
Turf Professionals Equipment Company   Minnesota   100 %
Toro Sales Company   Minnesota   100 %
Toro Distributing Company   California   100 %
Toro Mexico Holdings, LLC   Minnesota   100 %
Hahn Equipment Co.   Minnesota   100 %
Professional Turf Products of Texas, Inc.   Texas   100 %
Toro Warranty Company   Minnesota   100 %
Toro Australia Pty. Limited   Australia   100 %
Irritrol Systems Europe, S.r.L.   Italy   100 %
Toro Europe   Belgium   100 %
Exmark Manufacturing Company Incorporated   Nebraska   100 %

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