Larson Seed and Agronomy held an open house for their new seed treatment facility and warehouse near Fosston, Minnesota. Owner Matt Larson is happy the construction is done, and they can focus on getting to work. “We have a new facility that we broke ground on last June. We put up a Pioneer seed facility here between Fosston and Clearbrook and it’s pretty much done. We’re ready to run seed this spring and we should be in good shape once the weather finally cooperates.” Corn and soybean acreage for this season should line up with expectations. “We’re looking at some increase in corn acreage for the year. Soybeans are stable to maybe down a little bit, and then some of the other specialty crops are going to be increased. Sunflowers, canola, things like that.” His advice to farmers preparing for the upcoming planting season? “Make sure they’ve got all their seed dialed in like they need to be and get their acreages figured out. We are hearing some things in the chemical industry as far as certain products may be getting a little bit tighter, and some price increases happening. Then check your planters. Make sure that your planters are ready, getting everything dialed in so that you can get everything put in the ground as well as possible.”
