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Heavy rains lead to crop losses in southern Minnesota

A crop insurance adjustor in southern Minnesota says excessive moisture will result in losses for some producers.

Rochelle Krusemark of Trimont tells Brownfield it’s been wet in many parts of the state since April.

“Mostly we’ve seen some replant, and then people who didn’t get in to replant because of standing water, a little bit of prevent-plant, but mostly ponded water.”

She says there have only been a few hail claims so far this season.

“Most of it is under 10 percent damage that we’ve seen.  A few fields have had to be deferred because of the deep bruises that we’ll come back and look at in late-August to see if they tip over because of the bruises as the plant grows and gets top-heavy with pods.”

But Krusemark says most of the hail damage involves cutoff nodes from early in development, and she’s confident most of those soybeans will recover.