Articles tagged under: harvest

Crops Pull Through Despite Weather Hurdles

Published November 12, 2021

Harvest is mostly wrapped up in southwestern North Dakota. Dekalb Asgrow Technical Agronomist Cody Oswald harvest conditions were favorable. "We had a few rain delays in there. The soybeans slowed everything down with green stems. The rain delays were welcomed…

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Snow Delays Corn Harvest

Published November 12, 2021

The snow is causing a slight delay in Kulm, North Dakota farmer Bart Schott's corn harvest. Corn harvest is two-thirds complete. "We're close enough to see the end of harvest, but we aren't there yet. We've had really tough harvest…

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Corn Yields Decent Despite Drought

Published November 10, 2021

In Arvilla, North Dakota, Columbia Grain site manager Tyler Stegman says nearly all of the area farmers are done with corn harvest. "It's been a strong push. Farmers are glad to be done. From what we're seeing, farmers are happy…

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A Corn Harvest Snapshot

Published November 10, 2021

Corn harvest is nearing completion in the Northern Plains. It’s been a quick harvest for Mahnomen, Minnesota farmer Blair Hoseth. Corn harvest wrapped up in mid-October, leaving plenty of time to get fall fieldwork done. "We ended up going in…

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Rain Makes Grain

Published November 10, 2021

Coleharbor, North Dakota farmer Paul Anderson is done with corn harvest for the year. "Our later planted corn did the best when compared with the earlier planted corn," says Anderson. "We had a strange year. There was a dry period…

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Corn Yields Look Good as Harvest Continues

Published November 8, 2021

Pioneer Field Agronomist Sarah Lovas says farmers in her territory are making good harvest progress. "This surprises me, because the Ada, Minnesota area got more rains. The sugarbeet harvest was delayed and when sugarbeet harvest is over, those farmers will…

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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…

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More Moisture Needed Ahead of Spring

Published November 2, 2021

Harvest is wrapping up in far northeastern North Dakota. "Corn harvest is nearing completion," says Mark Ramsey, owner, M.R. Consulting. "The sunflower harvest is about halfway done. It all depends on where you're at." The soil moisture seems adequate going…

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SMBSC Crop Size Means 20% Required to be Unharvested

Published November 2, 2021

Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative is requiring its growers to leave 20 percent of the crop in the field. "It's going to be close to 36.5 tons on average," said Todd Geselius, vice president of agriculture, SMSC. "That's six tons…

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Crop College

Published October 25, 2021

Farmers in the Dakotas and Minnesota are getting close to wrapping up harvest. Peterson Farms Seed Lead Agronomist Rick Swenson has more in this week’s Crop College radio update.

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