At Karlstad, Minnesota, Kurt Aakre says it was a challenging start to the growing season. “The biggest issue was just a lot of dirt blowing; that stressed some of the plants,” said Aakre. “Otherwise, the emergence was really pretty good.” Aakre said it took a long time to dry out some fields this spring. “It was interesting because we didn’t have much snow last year, so not much cover. Some of our tiled fields were the last ones to be planted this year, I think the tile just froze and it just took a long time to get that cleared out.” During Crop Watch, Aarkre described the weeds as “healthy.” Weed control has been hampered by the strong winds.
