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Minnesota crops range from outstanding to a total loss

Growers at Farmfest described extreme variability in corn and soybean fields because of wet conditions.  Bob Worth farms near Lake Benton in southwest Minnesota.

“We’re probably going to have record yields in certain areas of the bean fields, and some areas we’ll probably have a zero.  Nothing is going to be there.  Same thing in the corn, as you go through the field you’re going to see zero to 250.”

West-central Minnesota farmer Gary Wertish tells Brownfield he’s lost some crops to drown outs.

“And you see a lot of that out here (in Redwood County).  But you see a lot of good-looking crops too.”

Stine seed rep Eric Dahlager says growers across southern Minnesota echo that variability.

“A lot of corn is very uneven, very up and down.  A lot of nitrogen loss (and) other challenges.  Soybeans have really turned the corner and look very good.”

And Worth says the highs and lows make it tough to estimate yield.

“It’s going to be hard to determine what the average is going to be.”

 

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