It’s the middle of May and across portions of North Dakota, the planting delays continue. According to Jason Hanson, owner, Rock n’ Roll Agronomy, Mother Nature needs to cooperate. “Things are just creeping along. We’re getting close to critical crop insurance dates and we can’t string decent weather together. We haven’t had much heat and that’s the biggest thing.” Hanson says there are some changes happening. “I think the realization now is that if you have a field, parts of that field you aren’t going to seed. Some fields you’re not going to plant and that’s just the reality.” Some farmers are shifting away from planting corn. “The corn acres out there are extremely wet to almost impossible to four wheel or even to take a soil testing truck out. The logical thing would be a switch to soybeans, but where things are priced it’s extremely tough.” There is interest in other crops like canola, sunflowers or edible beans, if farmers can get seed. “I also think there will be more wheat. If it stays cool, cool season crops should fare decent.”
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