Articles tagged under: planting

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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Canola Minute

Published May 16, 2022

In the latest Canola Minute, Northern Canola Growers Association board member and farmer Jon Wert talks about the start to canola planting.

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Wheat Remains in the Plan

Published May 13, 2022

A large percentage of spring wheat is seeded in South Dakota and southwest North Dakota. WestBred Regional Manager Peter Comis says it is a different situation in other parts of the region. "It is still at a standstill." Despite the…

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Below Average Temperatures Remain the Hurdle

Published May 12, 2022

In a La Nina spring, there can be cooler-than-usual temperatures. USDA Midwest Climate Hub Director Dennis Todey says that’s been true this year. "We have been very cold the last 30 days. Temperatures are below average in Minnesota, with most…

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A Flashback to the 2019 Spring Planting Season

Published May 6, 2022

Farmers in portions of the eastern Corn Belt are getting rain. Freemont, Ohio-based Sunrise Cooperative Vice President of Grain Craig Haugaard says it looks like 2019. "From a planting progress standpoint, our trade area is around five to 10 percent…

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