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Articles tagged under: John Brainard

A Successful Beet Crop

Published November 11, 2025

The sugarbeet harvest wrapped up on a strong note for Ada, Minnesota farmer John Brainard. This year’s campaign brought above-average yields despite a few late-season challenges. "We had a couple of nights at the harvest that were a little sticky,…
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Crop Update From Ada, MN

Published June 17, 2025

With a cooler-than-average start, row crops in the Ada, Minnesota area have been a little behind. "The wheat crop likes it cooler like this, so that's coming along really nicely," said John Brainard. Back-and-forth spring weather has forced some replants.…
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Sugarbeet Reseeding Needed

Published May 29, 2025

Planting is finished in Norman County, Minnesota. Ada farmer John Brainard says the recent stretch of normal weather has helped stabilize conditions. “We ended up reseeding one quarter of sugarbeets, the emergence just wasn’t very good,” said Brainard. “I think…
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Planters Rolling on Tiled Ground

Published May 4, 2023

Ada, Minnesota farmer John Brainard started planting this past week. "We're starting on tiled fields that are well drained. Otherwise, there are still wet spots in the county that could take a few days to dry out." Brainard is planting…
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Full Harvest Campaign Starts for American Crystal

Published October 5, 2022

American Crystal Sugar Company’s full sugarbeet harvest campaign kicked off on Wednesday. At noon, several factory districts went into a heat shutdown for 12 hours. Ada, Minnesota farmer John Brainard feels good about harvest so far. "Tonnage is good, slightly…
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Weather is “Just Right”

Published July 25, 2022

It was a late spring for Ada, Minnesota farmer John Brainard, but the spring wheat, sugarbeets and soybeans are making excellent progress. "It's kind of like Goldilocks. We don't want it too hot, too cold, too wet or too dry.…
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Average to Slightly Above Average Sugarbeet Crop

Published September 18, 2019

Near Ada, Minnesota, famers are pre-piling sugarbeets. Farmer John Brainard says conditions are a little sticky in the fields. "I think we are average or just slightly above average at pre-pile. It's hard to tell, but the tonnage could be…
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Northern Plains Crop Shows Variability

Published July 12, 2019

Near Andover, South Dakota, John Horter says fields are still wet and crops are about three weeks behind. "We've been getting quite a bit of rain in the last week to 10 days. We've had more than two inches of…
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