There is a new Pioneer seed representative on board in the southern Red River Valley. Airborne Seed and Agronomy is based in Halstad, Minnesota. Den Hilbe told a familiar story. “It looked like it was going to be a pretty decent year in the early spring and everybody knows what happened by early May when it started raining. Everything drug out and there was June planting, too.” David Staples, who is also with Airborne Custom Spraying, said some fields had to see the planter for a second time. “There was this most beautiful seedbed that I ever planted into and you go and get 12 inches of rain on it and it just fell a part. We actually replanted some of the low spots, but that’s just what you had to do this year.” Soybeans are in the R6 stage. Soybean aphids were a significant issue. Click here for a link to the YouTube interview.
