Articles tagged under: harvest
Walz Hears from Northwest MN Farmers
Published October 29, 2019
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Agriculture Commissioner Thom Petersen heard the challenges facing farmers during a roundtable event in East Grand Forks. For sugarbeet farmer Paul Rutherford, who farms north of Crookston, it’s been a slow start to the full…Pioneer Agronomy Update with Stenvold Ag Service
Published October 28, 2019
Farmers are slowly, but surely, trying to start corn and soybean harvest in the Red River Valley. Based at Thompson, North Dakota, Stenvold Ag Service owner Mike Stenvold says farmers are assessing and prioritizing corn fields. "I've hand shelled some…NDSU Extension Hosting Fall Ag Challenges Webinars
Published October 28, 2019
North Dakota State University Extension is offering a new daily webinar series focused on navigating fall challenges. The series starts Tuesday, October 29 at noon and wraps up Monday, November 4. Topics included in the series include, unharvested wheat, forage…Farmers Resume Potato Harvest Near Thompson, ND
Published October 25, 2019
Thompson, North Dakota-based MG Farms resumed potato harvest Wednesday. Temperatures are cooling down and a light blanket of frost covered much of the ground on Thursday morning. It's not too big of a deal right now, but farmer Kelly Grotte…Corn Yields Not Bad at Harvest, Basis Still Strong
Published October 24, 2019
Utterback Marketing President Bob Utterback says farmers are reporting respectable early harvest yields. "We're starting to get reports from farmers in many areas that got planted in early June. The corn yields are down about 10 to 15 bushels an…Farmers Eager to Resume Sugarbeet Harvest
Published October 24, 2019
Fields are extremely wet near Hallock, Minnesota, but with a brief span of nice weather farmers are trying to harvest sugarbeets. "If it gets too cold for sugarbeets, we can harvest soybeans. We can at least do something," says farmer…Sugarbeets and Potatoes Being Harvested Near St. Thomas
Published October 24, 2019
Sugarbeets were harvested west of St. Thomas, North Dakota this past week, but it was slow moving east of town. That's according to farmer Allen Tucker. "Moving east to finish the crop will be a challenge," explains Tucker. "There are…Grand Forks County Farmers Share Harvest Challenges
Published October 22, 2019
During a series of meetings, several North Dakota farmers and ranchers spoke about the challenges they're facing. Grand Forks farmer Beau Bateman has only harvested about half of his acres this fall."My more valuable crops are still out there, so…Move Saturated Corn Fields Higher on the Harvest List
Published October 21, 2019
Corn and soybeans fields in east central North Dakota still have standing water in them. Page Seed and Agronomy co-owner Paige Elsner says while a lot of the corn in the Page area did reach maturity, but moisture content is…