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Planting expected to pick up in southern Minnesota this week
Planting should pick up in the Upper Midwest this week.
Wayne Schoper with South Central College in Mankato, Minnesota says soils are warming and there’s decent moisture.
“I’ve been hearing that the tiles have been running, when you go in the drainage ditch you can see some water out there. So things are coming along.”
He tells Brownfield there’s plenty of optimism as another growing season begins.
“It’s really a great time of the year, we all get excited. And sure we don’t have the great prices we’d like to have, although we’ve seen a little runup here. We’re just right there (and) in the next three weeks we should be rolling pretty good.”
He says it’s realistic to think a lot of corn and soybeans will be planted by May 1st across southern Minnesota if the weather allows.
Schoper made these comments during the Brownfield affiliate KNUJ Farm Forum Friday.
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