Crops Articles
Ninety-six Beet Stock Shares Sold
Published October 6, 2020
Acres & Shares is reporting 96 American Crystal Sugarbeet Company beet stock shares were sold last week. The average price for those shares was $3,850. A total of 171 beet shares have been sold for the 2020/21 trading season, with…The Sugarbeet Harvest ‘Can be Enjoyable’
Published October 6, 2020
The majority of the American Crystal Sugar Company's sugarbeet harvest is complete in the just the first full week of the campaign. "We couldn't ask for better conditions right now to get some sugarbeets piled," said Joe Hastings, general agronomist,…Mostly Good Quality Potatoes Being Harvested in Red River Valley
Published October 6, 2020
As harvest continues in the Red River Valley, NoKota Packers CEO Carissa Olsen says the fresh potatoes coming into the plant are for the most part, good quality. "We've been seeing some skinning of the potatoes where field conditions are…Frost Damage Evident for Some as ND Harvest Continues
Published October 6, 2020
Soybean harvest is running better than average for Wimbledon, North Dakota farmer Mike Clemens. "One reason why is we had great moisture in the summer, but we lost the last 10-to-15 percent off the top with the frost. That really…Harvest Progress Advances With a Dry Corn Crop
Published October 6, 2020
In northwest Minnesota, Halma farmer Lance Hapka started harvest just over a week ago. The corn was at 18 percent moisture. "It's been 2012 since I've had something like that, especially so early." In southern Minnesota, near Lake Benton, Bob…Syngenta Group Acquires Italian Biologicals Company
Published October 6, 2020
Syngenta Crop Protection has acquired an Italy-based biologicals company called Valagro. Corey Huck, who is the head of global biologicals, says this acquisition helps address Syngenta’s focus on sustainability. "The driver being how do we make actually make and put…Moisture Comes Down, Test Weight Moves Up
Published October 6, 2020
CHS Ag Services sales agronomist Brian Oaches is based at Erskine, Minnesota and says there is optimism about the local corn crop. "The corn crop is shaping up nice. It has come down in moisture and picked up test weight…Potato News
Published October 5, 2020
Process potato harvest went quick for Larimore, North Dakota farmer Casey Hoverson. Hear a harvest update and more in this week's Potato News. The program is made possible by Corteva Agriscience, Bayer, Sipcam Agro and BASF’s Provysol fungicide, the new…A Timely Harvest
Published October 5, 2020
There seems to be a lot of variability in the soybean crop coming off this fall. "It may not be record yields, but the ability to get out there and have a timely harvest is great," said Syngenta Crop Protection…