Rob Rynning raises wheat, barley, rye and canola at Kennedy, Minnesota. “We’re roughly 80 percent complete.” The remaining ground is scattered in different areas. “The water is just receding in many of those areas and we’ve basically got ourselves seeded up to that flood ground; we’re now waiting for that water to go down and dry out enough so we can go out and remove flood debris.” The flood leaves logs, straw and loose material in its wake, making cleanup the priority before planting can begin. There will be some ground that won’t be planted, but Rynning would like to avoid Prevented Plant if possible. “We’ve been through this before where you PP it and what happens next year? We get very frustrated with how it sets up for next year because you haven’t taken moisture out with a crop this year; you have a wet spring next year and you’re fighting that again.” View the entire interview on RRFN’s YouTube page.
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