Winter delivered one more blow to the region this past week with snow, sleet and rain. Soils are saturated and wheels won’t be turning for some time. Pioneer Field Agronomist J.J. Jaehning is seeing a silver lining. An early winter layer of snow insulated the ground and limited the amount of frost. That is now going to allow much-needed moisture to soak into the soil profile. “Last fall, the one thing we didn’t have was subsoil moisture; I talked to a lot of growers that have a bunch of tile and it was dry eight feet down.” Questions about the acreage mix and maturities are bound to surface. “Remember, the month of May is a low GDU month and we want to stay with adaptive maturities until about May 20th.” Listen to the full interview.
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