Articles tagged under: spring

Mother Nature is in Control

Published April 25, 2022

The Red River at Thompson, North Dakota faced severe flash flooding Saturday. For the month of April, Brian Tweten has had nine inches of rain in the gauge at the farm. "The frost hasn't come completely out of the ground…
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More Time to Prepare for Spring Planting

Published April 15, 2022

The spring blizzard delays fieldwork in western North Dakota, but farmers welcome the moisture. "The blizzard brought more snow than we've had all winter," said Paul Anderson, a farmer near Coleharbor, North Dakota. "We got snow in early December last…
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Unpredictable Supply Chain

Published March 23, 2022

According to Soy Transportation Coalition Executive Director Mike Steenhoek, predictability is often viewed as more important than affordability and speed of transit for the supply chain. With fertilizer shipments being a concern for spring, Steenhoek says the supply chain’s 'just…
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In-Furrow Technology Options Available for Specialty Crops

Published March 23, 2022

Vive Crop Protection National Sales Manager Mark Varner says the  sugarbeet and potato industries are seeing big benefits from in-furrow technology. "Potato growers are a prime example of farmers who can put in-furrow fertility in and put micronutrients in-furrow without…
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A Mixed Weather Outlook for Spring

Published March 18, 2022

It’s the time of the year when the weather battles between leftover winter and spring. World Weather Incorporated Senior Agricultural Meteorologist Drew Lerner says there will be more precipitation in the forecast for the Northern Plains. "There are a few…
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Northern Plains Spring Forecast

Published February 14, 2022

World Weather Incorporated Senior Agricultural Meteorologist Drew Lerner expects to see moisture coming across the Northern Plains this spring. "There will be a cool bias to start in the eastern part of the Dakotas and Minnesota, but it will be…
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Farmers Will Adapt to Drier Conditions As Needed

Published April 2, 2021

In the Lakota, North Dakota area, Huso Crop Consulting owner Mark Huso says the drier conditions aren’t influencing major fieldwork decisions yet. "If we are still in this arid, dry scenario after Easter, farmers may make some changes. There may…
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Prairie Wildfires Return

Published March 30, 2021

Following two excessively wet, cool springs in the eastern Dakotas and Minnesota, prairie wildfire season is back. The warmer-than-normal temperatures, combined with dryness and strong wind gusts, brought a greater risk for fires across the Northern Plains. National Weather Service…
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