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Finishing Corn Harvest, Working on 2022

Published November 7, 2021

Near Kintyre, North Dakota, Anthony Mock is doing fieldwork, preparing for 2022. "I'm spraying a pre-emergence herbicide on the corn ahead of next spring. It's hard to get chemical. I want to have all of my crop protection needs in…

Farmers Will Adapt to Drier Conditions As Needed

Published April 2, 2021

In the Lakota, North Dakota area, Huso Crop Consulting owner Mark Huso says the drier conditions aren’t influencing major fieldwork decisions yet. "If we are still in this arid, dry scenario after Easter, farmers may make some changes. There may…

Fieldwork and Corn Harvest Making Progress in ND

Published November 13, 2020

Near Lakota, Huso Crop Consulting owner Mark Huso says farmers got a lot of fieldwork done the first week of November. "We had a nice fertilizer push and some of the area was concerned about moisture in the soil, but…

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A Short-Term Warm Up Expected for the Northern Plains

Published November 2, 2020

Warmer temperatures are in the forecast across the Northern Plains this week. "Temperatures are going to be downright fantastic," said Drew Lerner, senior agricultural meteorologist, World Weather Incorporated. "There will be 50 to 60 degree readings and a few 70…

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Working Through the Harvest Hangover

Published May 21, 2020

It may be spring, but the effects of a wet fall are still on the minds of North Dakota farmers. As fields dry near Grand Forks, farmers are getting fieldwork done. Farmer Tim Myron worked up some of the unharvested…

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Working Out the Ruts from Harvest 2019

Published April 30, 2020

Near Berthold, North Dakota, Mark Birdsall is in the field working out the ruts from a tough 2019 harvest. "There are lots of tracks made with the combines from last year and the tillage is going pretty well," says Birdsall.…

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Grain Elevators Ready for Spring Fieldwork

Published March 20, 2020

In the next month, Fessenden Co-op Association general manager Mark Hovland says, weather pending, some North Dakota farmers could start spring fieldwork. Very little fertilizer was applied in the fall and the co-op has some carryover supplies. "There's a little…

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Plan For Extra Fieldwork This Spring

Published December 6, 2019

North Dakota State University Soil Scientist Aaron Daigh says plan now for extra spring field work to manage crop residue, because of the limited fall field work. "If farmers have fields with high amounts of residue on them, they may…

Farmers Trying to Squeeze in Fall Fieldwork

Published November 2, 2018

Due to wet conditions in early October, farmers are working double time to squeeze in fall fieldwork. However, decisions may be challenging with uncertainty about next year’s acreage mix. From an agronomic standpoint, Midwest Consulting owner Dave Svobodny says having…

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Corn and Soybeans Being Planted at Oakes, ND

Published May 11, 2018

Corn and soybeans going in the ground in south-central North Dakota. Scott German farms near Oakes and says it’s been of tale of two crops. Some farmers are getting close to the end of the planting season and others are…

Articles tagged under: fieldwork

Finishing Corn Harvest, Working on 2022

Farmers Will Adapt to Drier Conditions As Needed

Fieldwork and Corn Harvest Making Progress in ND

A Short-Term Warm Up Expected for the Northern Plains

Working Through the Harvest Hangover

Working Out the Ruts from Harvest 2019

Grain Elevators Ready for Spring Fieldwork

Plan For Extra Fieldwork This Spring

Farmers Trying to Squeeze in Fall Fieldwork

Corn and Soybeans Being Planted at Oakes, ND

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