Farmers in western North Dakota are finishing the harvest. “We’re almost done with the corn and definitely on the downhill slide on sunflowers, too,” said Larry Lunder, field agronomist, Pioneer. The yields depend on where you’re at but “anywhere from about 100 bushels (per acre) up to 150 and then, of course, irrigated yields are in the 200-plus (bushels per acre).” For the most part, Lunder is seeing sunflower yields coming in at over a ton per acre. “So as usual, sunflowers find a way to perform regardless of the conditions.”
