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MN Crop Production Estimate Released

Published September 13, 2024

USDA is forecasting Minnesota corn yields to average 183 bushels per acre. That’s down two bushels per acre from the August report and from last year. The soybean yield was left unchanged from August at 49 bushels per acre. USDA…
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Expanding Biofuels Infrastructure

Published August 30, 2024

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture’s Biofuels Infrastructure Grant Program will award $3.3 million to service stations to expand the availability of higher biofuel blends. Minnesota Governor Tim Walz said this investment helps lower emissions, save money for the driver and…
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SD Continues to Grow Its Dairy Industry

Published August 22, 2024

Milk production in the 24 major dairy production states totaled 18.2 billion pounds in July. That’s down 0.2 percent from July of last year. In South Dakota, milk production increased 7.4 percent. South Dakota added 15,000 cows to the state…
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A Busy Harvest Run

Published August 2, 2024

Westlake Harvesting owner Alan Westlake, of Crookston, Minnesota, has been working the entire harvest run.  "We started in southern Oklahoma at Duke, we've been to Garden City, Colorado, northern Kansas and now we're in Pierre, South Dakota." While the weather…
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Spring Wheat Forecast Adjusted Upward in MN

Published July 15, 2024

In the latest crop production report, Minnesota spring wheat production is forecast at 94.5 million bushels. That’s 21 percent above last year’s crop. Spring wheat yields are expected to total 63 bushels per acre. Oat production is estimated at 7.7…
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Wet Conditions Influence Beet Crop

Published July 6, 2024

Some farms have been luckier than others this spring. "It's hard to get a pulse on the sugar beets because things are changing so rapidly," said Tom Peters, Extension sugarbeet specialist. "I haven't gotten into the east side in Minnesota…
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Feeling the Impact of Flooding

Published June 30, 2024

The extreme rains in portions of Minnesota, South Dakota, Iowa and Nebraska will have a lingering impact. "There's two things that I worry about, weeds and soil," said Shane Bugeja, Extension Educator, University of Minnesota. "Where you have flooding, weeds…
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