The crop across the Northern Plains needs some heat to finish. “I’ve been tracking this most of the summer and we’ve been anywhere from 100-to-200 and a little more in some spots behind what would be considered normal,” explains Larry Lunder, field agronomist, Pioneer. “This happens more often than people remember, but we came off of last year where we had good heat, nice warm nights and never struggled to bring anything to maturity. Hopefully, if September treats us right; we’ll get everything to physiological maturity and do just fine.” Moisture has typically been short in western North Dakota, but Lunder said Mother Nature blessed the region this year with good rains. Watch the video interview.
