The warm and dry weather gave Minnesota farmers almost six and a half days suitable for fieldwork. USDA statistician Dan Lofthus says farmers were planting, spraying, and cutting hay in the week ending Sunday.
Minnesota’s corn planting is 93% finished, almost a week ahead of average. Corn emergence is at 69% with the crop condition at 68% good, 18% fair, and just 12% excellent.
The state’s soybean planting is 86% finished, which is eight days ahead of the five-day average and a full two weeks ahead of last year. Emergence for soybeans is already at 44%.
Barley planting is 93% finished, oats 94% finished, and spring wheat planting is 97% finished. Dry edible beans are 67% planted. Potatoes are now 83% planted.
Source: brownfieldagnews.com
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Categories: Minnesota, Crops, Corn, Soybeans, Wheat, Weather