Articles tagged under: planting

A Reduction in ND Corn Acres Not Enough to Impact Market

Published May 15, 2020

The lack of fresh bullish news has grain traders watching for hiccups in planting progress. Corn acres in question are likely not enough to impact the market. "We have the USDA forecasting 97 million acres of corn planted and of…

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Crop Watch

Published May 12, 2020

Fieldwork varies across the Northern Plains. "In the western part of North Dakota, conditions look alright. Moving east and north, there are some wet pockets of ground that is taking awhile to get into," said Spencer Wagner, ag sales manager,…

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Planting Patience Can Go a Long Way

Published May 11, 2020

Right now, a little planting patience can go a long way. "Farmers are probably better off putting in corn and soybeans when the ground conditions are right," said Evan Twedt, technical agronomist, DEKALB Asgrow. "We tell people the earlier planting…

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Crop Watch

Published May 8, 2020

Cool, wet conditions and frost potential loomed over Northern Plains farmers and ranchers in the last week. Ahead of a weather change, farmers in northern Minnesota made some planting progress. “Spring wheat went into the ground, but it will be…

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Cool Temps Could Cause Frost Damage to Crops

Published May 5, 2020

Commodity Weather Group meteorologist Joel Widenor says another shot of cold air could happen in the second week of May. "I don't think it will bring additional frost to areas that don't see it the first week of May, but…

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Drier Conditions Help Southern MN Farmers with Soybean Planting

Published May 5, 2020

Farmers in southern Minnesota made quite a bit planting progress during the final week of April. "I think many areas growing corn are done with planting and they've moved immediately to soybeans," says Dave Nicolai, crops educator, University of Minnesota…

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MN Farmers Make More Planting Progress

Published May 4, 2020

Farmers in portions of east central Minnesota have started planting. "Conditions were good early. There's a lot of potato and corn planting that started about two and a half weeks ago," said Jason Snell, agronomic service representative, Syngenta. "The last…

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Farmers Still Making Seed Decisions as Planting Begins

Published May 4, 2020

North Dakota farmers are still making seed decisions and planting intentions. "There are some farmers backing off on corn and at the same time, there's some good corn acres going in. There's also some soybean orders coming in," said Adam…

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Grain Traders Focus on Planting Progress

Published May 1, 2020

As May begins, planting progress becomes the focus for grain traders. Most traders are looking for Monday’s corn planting progress to be close to half done. "There's definitely some traders looking for the western Corn Belt to pull the eastern…

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Farmers Endure Muddy Conditions as Fieldwork Begins

Published April 29, 2020

Fields are still muddy as area farmers begin planting. "We're planting wheat and picking our fields here and there," said Jim Bahm, a farmer from New Salem, North Dakota. "Some of it is black stubble and some of it is…

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