UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 27, 2005

MINN-DAK FARMERS COOPERATIVE

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

North Dakota	33-94644	23-7222188
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

7525 Red River Road Wahpeton, North Dakota	58075
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (701) 642-8411

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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ITEM 8.01 OTHER EVENTS.

Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative (the Company) has announced that its board of directors has reviewed and approved the 2005-crop business plan. The 2005-crop business plan, based upon 99.5% of the 2005-crop harvest being completed, provided a beet payment to shareholder / growers of approximately $35.75 per ton of harvested beets (13.0350 cents per pound of extractible sugar). Upon completion of the harvest the Company anticipates that the business plan will yield a beet payment to shareholder / growers of approximately $36.00 per ton (13.0587 cents per pound of extractible sugar), based upon the current estimated yield of 1,810,000 tons of beets.

Any statements regarding future market prices, anticipated costs, agricultural results, operating results and other statements that are not historical facts contained in this 8-K report are forward-looking statements. The words “expect”, “project”, “estimate”, “believe”, “anticipate”, “plan”, “intend”, “could”, “may”, “predict” and similar expressions are also intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such statements involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including, without limitation, market factors, the effect of weather and economic conditions, farm and trade policy, the available supply of sugar, available quantity and quality of sugarbeets and other factors detailed elsewhere in this and other Company filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual outcomes may vary materially from those indicated.

SIGNATURE

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

	MINN-DAK FARMERS COOPERATIVE
Dated:   October 27, 2005	By	/s/   David H. Roche
		David H. Roche President and Chief Executive Officer