Articles tagged under: planting

Spring is in the Air!

Published April 13, 2023

With spring in the air, snow melt is happening quickly. SDSU Extension State Climatologist Laura Edwards says the soil is in a good position to absorb a lot of that moisture after a dry fall. "We still see shallow frost…

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Communicate With Your Crop Insurance Agent

Published June 23, 2022

If any replanting needs to happen, Countryside Insurance Agency owner Jennifer Otteson reminds farmers to contact their crop insurance agent as quickly as possible. "An adjuster has to release those acres before a replant. If it is fewer than 20…

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Traders Keep a Close Eye on Planting Progress

Published June 6, 2022

Summit Commodities market analyst Tim Marsh is surprised grain markets haven’t paid closer attention to unplanted acres in the Northern Plains. "If you do the math on unplanted acres, there was about 1.75 million acres of corn that wasn't planted…

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A Few Reminders as Final Planting Dates Come and Go

Published May 25, 2022

Countryside Insurance Agency agent Jennifer Otteson says farmers can still plant corn after the final planting date, but crop insurance coverage will be reduced one percent per day. "Farmers will eventually get to a point where they run out of…

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Northern Plains Planting Progress Continues to Lag

Published May 24, 2022

U.S. farmers picked up the planting pace across the country in the last week, but the Northern Plains continues to lag behind. USDA has the U.S. corn crop at 72 percent planted. The Money Farm market analyst Luke Swenson says…

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Welcome Warm Temperatures

Published May 23, 2022

Northern Canola Growers Association Executive Director Barry Coleman says North Dakota farmers are focused on getting the crop seeded. The warmer temperatures this week will help. "There is a lot of canola going in the southwestern part of the state.…

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Crusting Concerns in Fields

Published May 23, 2022

University of Minnesota Regional Extension Crops Educator Angie Peltier says farmers should be looking for possible crusting in their fields. "Where we really tend to worry about crusting issues is when we've seeded the crop already and significant rain comes…

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Planting Starts in Kittson County

Published May 22, 2022

Farmers in the Hallock and Kennedy, Minnesota areas are planting. Rob Rynning started seeding small grains last Tuesday. "It feels good to get things rolling." Rynning says the seed bed is a little sticky. Rynning says farmers are doing some…

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Worth the Wait

Published May 19, 2022

Larimore, North Dakota-based Hoverson farms started planting potatoes this past week. "About every decade we have some kind of late spring, but we're catching up. We have a lot of equipment that can put in a lot of potatoes in…

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The Sugarbeet Report

Published May 16, 2022

Sugarbeet planting progress is slow in the Northern Plains. Hear more in the Sugarbeet Report, presented by Amity Technology, H&S Manufacturing, SESVanderHave and REGEV from SummitAgro.

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