Crop Updates

Excellent drying weather has set fall harvest into full swing around most of Minnesota the week of Sept. 23, and the extended forecast is showing favorable conditions for combining.   “Silage corn is wrapping up and some producers began with soybean harvest late last week, but I expect everyone to be going by this weekend,…

Small grain producers in Minnesota are continuing the 2024 harvest despite a few roadblocks put up by Mother Nature in mid-August. “There was a lot of rain that delayed harvest,” said Rick Walker, chair of the Minnesota Crop Production Retailers (MCPR). According to USDA’s Aug. 26 Crop Progress Report, more than half (54%) of Minnesota’s…

As the calendar flips to June, the vastness of planting progress in Minnesota is about as wide as the state itself. Minnesota Crop Production Retailers (MCPR) board members gave us some insight on how their region stands on planting progress. In the southeast region of Minnesota, farmers enjoyed an early spring with fertilizer being applied…