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Despite Storms, Minnesota Farmers Get Some Field Time
Minnesota Ag Connection - 06/20/2017

Despite thunderstorms and rainfall throughout the state, Minnesota farmers were able to find 3.8 days suitable for fieldwork during the week ending Sunday, according to USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. Early week rainfall paired with warm, dry conditions towards the end of the week allowed for overall crop advancement. Pea harvest for canning has begun. Field activities for the week included planting, spraying, and cutting hay.

Topsoil moisture supplies rated 1 percent very short, 7 percent short, 84 percent adequate and 8 percent surplus. Subsoil moisture supplies rated 5 percent short, 86 percent adequate and 9 percent surplus.

Minnesota's corn condition continued to improve with 81 percent rated good to excellent. Soybean crop was 97 percent emerged with crop condition rated 77 percent good to excellent, down 1 percent from the previous year.

Spring wheat increased to 71 percent jointed or beyond, bringing it two days ahead of the five year average. However, spring wheat that had reached the heading stage still fell 2 days behind average at 22 percent. Spring wheat condition declined slightly to a rating of 89 percent good to excellent. Oats continued to progress with 83 percent at or beyond the jointing stage, with 31 percent headed or beyond. Oats condition was 82 percent good to excellent, up 1 percentage point from the previous week. Seventy-eight percent of the barley crop was at or beyond the jointing stage with 17 percent of the crop headed or beyond. Barley condition rated 89 percent good to excellent, unchanged from previous week. Nearly all of dry edible bean crop had emerged at 95 percent emergence. The first sunflower condition was estimated at 0 percent very poor or poor, 17 percent fair, 75 percent good, and 8 percent excellent. Potato condition was rated 89 percent good to excellent. Sugarbeet condition rated 65 percent good to excellent.

The first cutting of alfalfa hay progressed to 87 percent complete with scattered reports of some farmers beginning a second cutting. All hay condition rated 83 percent good to excellent. Pasture condition rated 78 percent good to excellent.


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