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Wet conditions remain a problem in Minnesota – Brownfield Ag News
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Wet conditions remain a problem in Minnesota
Excessive moisture continues to hinder spring fieldwork in Minnesota.
USDA’s latest weekly crop update says topsoil and subsoil moisture supplies are 97 percent adequate to surplus.
Soybean planting is 94 percent complete, four days behind the five-year average. Seventy percent of the crop is rated in good to excellent condition.
Corn emergence is 93 percent, slightly off the usual pace, with the condition of the crop called 71 percent good to excellent.
For small grains, crop condition ratings are in the low 80’s.
Sugarbeet condition ratings bounced back on the week, improving to 81 percent good to excellent.
And the first cutting of alfalfa reached 67 percent, with 77 percent of hay considered good to excellent.