How is it lookin in ND?

[Ratboy]

On another note, talked to a friend who works as an agronomist in the Harvey area - very little planting being accomplished in that region.

Talked to a couple friends in the Kenmare area and they said the same thing. Went from really dry last year to water everywhere now...

 

[prairie hunter]

According to this afternoon’s North Dakota Field Crops Report from USDA: Soybeans planted was 7%, well behind 72% last year and 47% for the five year average.

Spring wheat planted was 27%, well behind 93% last year and 80% average. Emerged was 9%, well behind 55% last year and 42% average.

Durum wheat planted was 17%, well behind 75% last year and 69% average. Emerged was 4%, well behind 32% last year and 27% average.

Corn planted was 20%, well behind 81% last year and 66% average. Emerged was 1%, well behind 36% last year and 21% average.

Canola planted was 13%, well behind 56% last year and 59% average. Emerged was 2%, behind 16% both last year and average.

Sugarbeets planted was 23%, well behind 100% last year and 96% average.

Dry edible peas planted was 27%, well behind 80% last year and 77% average. Sunflowers planted was 3%, well behind 27% last year, and behind 21% average.

Flaxseed planted was 9%, well behind 61% last year and 53%

May 23rd report.

 

[Crew_ChiefND]

CHICAGO (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will allow farmers who are part of the federal conservation land contracts to voluntarily terminate their contracts and plant on that land, in order to help mitigate the global food crisis, the agency said on Thursday.

The offer is open to farmers who are in the final year of their contract with the agency’s Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), USDA said on a statement published on their website.

“Participants approved for this one-time, voluntary termination will not have to repay rental payments, a flexibility implemented this year to help mitigate the global food supply challenges caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine and other factors,” according to the agency’s statement.

(Reporting By P.J. Huffstutter in Chicago.)

 

[zoops]

Getting pretty late in the year to go in and break up CRP and plant it isn't it?

 

[FriedPotatoes]

CHICAGO (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will allow farmers who are part of the federal conservation land contracts to voluntarily terminate their contracts and plant on that land, in order to help mitigate the global food crisis, the agency said on Thursday.

The offer is open to farmers who are in the final year of their contract with the agency’s Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), USDA said on a statement published on their website.

“Participants approved for this one-time, voluntary termination will not have to repay rental payments, a flexibility implemented this year to help mitigate the global food supply challenges caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine and other factors,” according to the agency’s statement.

(Reporting By P.J. Huffstutter in Chicago.)

More humans = more mouths to feed = more natural habitat destroyed. It’s obvious where things are headed

 

[jpallen]

More humans = more mouths to feed = more natural habitat destroyed. It’s obvious where things are headed

But at the same time increase ethanol and biodiesel production. 40% of US corn is used for ethanol which equates to about 40 million acres.

 

[nobands]

But at the same time increase ethanol and biodiesel production. 40% of US corn is used for ethanol which equates to about 40 million acres.

And it can't stand on its own 2 feet , a inferior product that needs subsidies to make it viable.

 

[Uncle Fuzzy]

People have a misconception about what happens when they make ethanol out of corn. I was told by the head of the corn growers association in Marshall, MO that what remains after they take the ethanol out, still has 94% of the nutrients and they feed it to the hogs.

 

[Crew_ChiefND]

Planting numbers jumped last week, but crops in the region are still behind schedule

Farmers in much of the eastern Dakotas and Minnesota bounded ahead in their tardy planting season in the past week, but crop condition and development continues to lag due to a late spring, according to a government report.

www.agweek.com

 

[Crew_ChiefND]

Spring Breeding Duck Numbers Tallied | North Dakota Game and Fish

The North Dakota Game and Fish Department’s 75th annual spring breeding duck survey conducted in May showed an index of nearly 3.4 million birds, up 16% from last year. Migratory game bird supervisor Mike Szymanski said the index was the 23rd highest on record and stands 38% above the long-term...

gf.nd.gov