Did the freezing temperatures and frost have an impact on crops? That has certainly been a point of discussion in the Northern Plains lately. Professional Agronomy Services agronomist Brad Guck says there was a widespread frost and chilly temps hovered around that 32-degree mark in the Perham, Minnesota area. “Before this, the soybeans were starting to die back because of the normal maturing process. So now they’ve be fairly dead in the coming weeks,” says Guck. “A lot of corn was either at or close to black layer. Realistically, I don’t know that we saw widespread temperatures low enough to completely kill the corn plant.” In central North Dakota near Hurdsfield, farmer Jeff Mertz doesn’t think the frost had too much of an impact on soybeans. Sunflowers were the initial concern with the change in temperature. “I think they were far enough along and it looks like Mother Nature desiccated them for us. We maybe lost a little test weight, but time will tell.” Get the full RRFN story.