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Solid Wheat Crop, Despite Rain

Published August 15, 2025

Wolverton, Minnesota’s Jay Nord says rains have been a bit of a concern this harvest, but not enough to slow them down. "We did our April (seeded) wheat, now we're waiting on the May wheat, but it's pretty green yet.…

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Timely Rains

Published May 23, 2025

Rain came just in time to give the newly planted crops a drink in west central Minnesota. On the Red River Farm Network Crop Watch tour, Wolverton farmer Jay Nord said the timing couldn’t have been better. "We got done the…

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Replanting Again and Again

Published July 11, 2024

It won’t stop raining on Jay Nord’s farm. The Wolverton, Minnesota farmer has been forced to replant multiple times over the past month. "Six inches in June and a whole bunch in May and already two-plus in July, we ended…

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‘A Fun Time of the Year’

Published May 14, 2024

The Red River Farm Network Crop Watch broadcast made a stop at the Jay Nord farm east of Wolverton, Minnesota on Tuesday. At that time, the corn was in and soybean planting was close to wrapping up. "The open winter…

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Beet Crop Doesn’t Like the Windy Days

Published May 7, 2024

For Wolverton, Minnesota farmer Jay Nord, soil conditions have been good for planting. It’s the wind that’s been giving Nord and other farmers trouble. "The wheat is pretty much all planted in our area. The sugarbeets were planted, but some…

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Late-Season Moisture Could Have Been Used in July/August

Published November 6, 2023

Near Wolverton, Minnesota, Jay Nord wrapped up soybean harvest, but it was a challenge this year. “When it rained on Labor Day, the soybeans decided to start growing again so it was nightmare to get finished and combined.” Nord is…

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A Few Replants Necessary

Published May 24, 2023

Most of Jay Nord's crop was planted into good conditions and is doing well. There was the need for some replanting of spring wheat on his Wolverton, Minnesota farm. “We had wheat planted before the rain hit again and some…

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Crop Watch

Published May 25, 2022

In the Barnesville area, Jake Thompson told RRFN the field conditions are spotty. "We don't have sugarbeets planted, because that ground is too wet. We're planting corn and if we can continue to plant for the next two days, we…

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Praise for the Wheat Crop

Published July 17, 2019

The condition of the wheat crop across the region is generally good. "We're fully headed, even on the late wheat now," said Jay Nord, who farms at Wolverton, Minnesota farmer. "A lot of wheat laid down with the recent rain,…

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Wolverton, MN Crops Looking Better

Published June 6, 2018

In the Wolverton, Minnesota area, farmer Jay Nord says things are looking better after the recent rain. "It should fill in the gaps that we're missing and some of the soybeans that germinated right there trying to come up." The lack…

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