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Rains Leading to Strong Crop at Langdon REC

Published July 19, 2024

Langdon Research Extension Center Director Randy Mehloff is pleased with this year’s crop. "We were able to get all of our research, Extension and foundation seed plots planted. Because of the rain everything is looking really good." The rains delayed…

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Winter Wheat Harvest Nearing Finish in Texas

Published July 16, 2024

Orman Farms Harvesting managing partner Landon Orman says winter wheat harvesting has gone well this year. "We're working on wheat harvest; have about two more weeks on that then we're picking cotton in Texas." Orman, who is based in Colorado…

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Crops Behind Schedule, But Can Catch Up

Published July 12, 2024

Persistent rain and windy days resulted in a delay in the spraying regiment in the southern Red River Valley. Thunder Seed District Sales Manager Derek Haug is also seeing nitrogen issues. "There's a lot of areas where you can see…

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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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Winter Wheat Harvest Rolling Along

Published July 11, 2024

Arrow B Custom Harvest’s Haley Brown, Ponca, Nebraska, says this year’s winter wheat yields have been all over the place. "The wheat's been really good, but it's been sporadic. Where we started down in Alva, (Oklahoma), we had some 70-bushel…

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PP Acres Will Pick Up

Published July 2, 2024

According to Thunder Seed District Sales Manager Travis Buchholz, west-central Minnesota has avoided the flood damage seen to its south. "It's wet but not too bad." Other areas are not so fortunate. "You get south of Fergus (Falls) and west…

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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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Replanting Was a Necessity

Published June 26, 2024

Heavy rains over the past month have washed away much of the hard work done by Cleveland, North Dakota farmer Ryan Wanzek. "We finished up planting and then got a wind event and a major rain event; we ended up…

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Standing Water

Published June 24, 2024

Heavy rains this spring have been both good and bad for Minnesota farmers. Pioneer Seeds Field Agronomist Nick Schimek says crop conditions have been hurt in central and southern Minnesota due to standing water. "We're getting to the stage where…

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Hit-or-Miss Weather

Published June 15, 2024

The weather has been all over the place. Wimbledon, North Dakota's Mike Clemens said he's been lucky at his farm, but neighboring farms to the north and west are "wetter than heck." Despite the hit-or-miss weather, Clemens has gotten his…

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