Articles tagged under: John Brainard
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…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.…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…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…