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Crops catching up following drawn out planting season
A northwest Minnesota farmer whose planting window stretched two months says crops are evening out.
Niel Rockstad of Ada began planting April 13th and finished June 13th.
“Did all of our planting in (mostly) three and four-day windows in between rain events.”
He tells Brownfield warm weather is pushing crop development but also breeding thunderstorms.
“Just the other night we experienced an 1 1/2″ of rain in just a couple of hours on the farm in a quick thunderstorm, and two miles away there was nothing. So that’s the kind of pattern we’re in.”
Rockstad says his spring wheat looks good and row crops are catching up.
“Soybeans are short, the corn is tasseling.”
He’s expecting a decent crop and says the weather will determine if it’s better than that.
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