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Cooldown slows Minnesota crop development

A recent cooldown has slowed crop development in Minnesota. 

The USDA’s latest crop report says in addition to cooler temperatures, the past week was also mostly dry, allowing for tillage and manure spreading on small grain acres recently harvested.

The start of canola harvest was reported, as well as issues with soybean aphids.

A quarter of the state’s corn acres are in the dent stage.  That’s almost two weeks behind last year and 10 days behind normal.

Corn rated good to excellent remained at 55 percent.

Soybeans turning color reached seven percent, 10 days slower than the five-year average.

The condition rating of Minnesota soybeans declined slightly to 58 percent good to excellent.

The small grains harvest progressed with 65 percent of spring wheat, 88 percent of oats, and 92 percent of barley harvested.

The potato harvest is 15 percent done, and the first five percent of Minnesota’s sugarbeet acreage has been harvested.