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Fields Almost Ready, Rain Is Key

Published April 7, 2025

With planting season inching closer and closer, Pioneer Product Agronomist Zach Fore says the northern Red River Valley is close to ready. "It'll depend on what happens with the rain in terms of when we can actually get in the…

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Lack of Winter Moisture Deepens Drought Concerns

Published March 18, 2025

Much of central South Dakota is in severe drought conditions heading into the spring planting season. Aberdeen-based National Weather Service meteorologist Scott Doering said the dry, warm fall and open winter didn't help. "We did not get a lot of…

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Lerner Offers Planting Season Forecast

Published January 19, 2025

World Weather Incorporated Senior Agricultural Meteorologist Drew Lerner says the Upper Midwest could see drier weather the rest of winter and into spring. "It will probably be more cold than warm and so that is a good thing because that…

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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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Behind Schedule

Published July 11, 2024

In eastern North Dakota, the wet, cool start to the season favor cereal grains. "Spring wheat and spring barley crops look amazing except for where water has ponded," said NDSU Griggs County Extension Agent Jeff Stachler. The moisture also hit…

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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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Disease Thrives on Moisture

Published June 2, 2024

The wet spring can lead to issues for emerging crops. BASF Technical Service Representative Dan Melaas advises farmers to look for any persistent wet spots in the field. "Really paying attention to moisture that lingers in the fields past 10…

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Much Needed Moisture

Published May 9, 2024

The early May rain was welcomed by many of the farmers on the North Dakota/Manitoba border. "We really needed the moisture, it was extremely dry," said Wolford, North Dakota’s Chris Brossart. Planting has resumed after the weather-related pause. "We probably…

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Fall Rains Replenish Soil Moisture

Published November 8, 2021

Drought conditions are improving across much of the Dakotas and Minnesota. In the last three months, six to 10 inches of rain fell in eastern North Dakota into northern Minnesota. There are even higher rainfall totals measured from northeastern South…

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