HANCOCK, Minn. – Snow and cold are normal this time of year, but the early winter of 2020-21 didn’t get that memo.
“In a Minnesota winter, there is always wind and snow. In the spring, we can almost always count on some heavy rain events, and in the summer …
"Considering the exceptionally wet planting conditions and the dry spell that impacted the area in July, the outcome was much better than it c…
“I’d like farmers to see more than just profits. I’d like them to see soil in a different perspective.”
"Overall the 2020 crop season was a success with good yields and prices coming back the way they did."
At Bear Butte Gardens, they did a little DIY and made their own bale feeder for the sheep and goats, but of course, the goats had a better idea.
It's our final report from Crop Watcher Kelly Nieuwenhuis, but he'll keep speaking up for farmers in Washington, D.C. "We need to have the voi…
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"Harvest may be over but there is seemingly always something to do that keeps us busy!" Here's the final report from our Huron, S.D., crop wat…
"The last acres of corn were combined by mid-afternoon Nov. 15. Field corn is done. When you pull the auger from the corn bin, I guess that ma…
"This week is warm and sunny again and we are back to harvesting root crops, including parsnips, garlic and potatoes."
With highs near 70 expected in the first week of November, Lacey was waiting to plant fall cover crops. He didn’t want them to germinate in th…
Getting the snow early put a stop to all harvest work. The snow has since melted, and a few places are too muddy to get back in to finish as of yet.
We received about 7 inches of snow in two different events in our corner of southwestern Minnesota last month. It brought corn harvest to a st…
"As a farmer seed dealer it’s been interesting getting orders in for early discounts, but again the snow helped free up some time to get in to…
"The snow did cause us to have to feed cows on pasture for a few days, which is never a good thing in October."
"We are looking forward to getting 2020 behind us and start looking forward to 2021. The 2020 growing season still had remnants of 2019 to dea…
Lacey expects to be able to capture a lot of flax to sell when it’s separated from the soybeans.
At Bear Butte Gardens, greens are kept under a light cover in the greenhouse so they do not freeze. They should be able to harvest them throug…
"The yields were outstanding this year and better than expected with soybean yields in the 60 bushels to the acre range and corn yields over 2…
"When you work as a family on a day-to-day basis it’s hard to avoid each other and still accomplish your goals of finishing harvest which acco…
"We cut the last of the silage corn and bagged in the stack yard. Corn is coming in and being put in our grain bin and now we hear the whine o…
"It appears that our corn harvest will be at a standstill for the next week or so based on the weather forecast, with upwards of 5-6 inches of…
"Yields on corn are very exciting, as they are looking to be well above APH."
"This year we planted our tomatoes into a garden that was sweet corn last year. We did not till the soil whatsoever or even remove the corn stalks."
"We did some corn on corn late last week that was disappointing. ... This field was in an area that seemed to miss most rain events, so I figu…
Conditions are becoming very dry in our area without much rain in the forecast either. One of the big concerns is field fires and combine fire…
As the time of writing, approximately half of soybean harvest is complete. A corn field was being harvested near the North Dakota border, as well.