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Corn kings and bean barons reap bountiful harvest

October 11, 2012 in Alexandria Echo Press

An abundance of bushels and miles of piles are straddling the Minnesota landscape early this year. The drought this summer has got farmers wrapping up soybean and corn crop harvests weeks ahead of schedule as evidenced by the mounds at CHS Prairie Lakes Coop in Lowry. Continue Reading

South Dakota corn crop estimate lowered slightly

October 11, 2012 in The Daily Republic

SIOUX FALLS (AP) The federal Agriculture Department has slightly lowered its corn production forecast for South Dakota.
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US corn estimate lowered to reflect harvest yields

October 11, 2012 in The Daily Republic

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Thursday slightly lowered its projection for the nation’s corn crop for a fourth straight month, reflecting worse-than-expected news about the actual impact of this year’s withering drought from the farmers busy harvesting their fields. Continue Reading

Drought cuts crops below year-earlier levels for 1st time since ’74

October 11, 2012 in The Daily Republic

CHICAGO Drought damage to corn and soybean fields in the United States, the world’s top grower and exporter, is eroding supplies of the nation’s two largest crops to below year-earlier consumption levels for the first time since 1974. Continue Reading

Seeds of success; Growers: Sunflower harvest ending early

October 10, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

With the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s first report on this year’s sunflower crop due today, all signs are pointing toward a successful harvest in North Dakota. Continue Reading

Row crop harvest advances, soybeans near complete

October 9, 2012 in The Daily Republic

SIOUX FALLS (AP) South Dakota’s row crop harvest advanced again last week with the soybean harvest nearing completion.
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Row crop harvest speeding along in the Dakotas

October 5, 2012 in The Daily Republic

ABERDEEN (AP) An early start to spring planting and a hot summer that pushed crops to maturity has led to an early row crop harvest in the Dakotas.
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VIDEO: Tim Hansberger shows an inside look at the harvest

September 25, 2012 in Worthington Daily Globe

Tim Hansberger shows an inside look at the harvest in this video, sponsored by Nobles County Farm Bureau. Continue Reading

VIDEO: Finding rewards in restorations

September 25, 2012 in Worthington Daily Globe

RUSHMORE Clad in faded green suspenders and a new Oliver cap, Harlan Groenewold gets a twinkle in his eye when he thinks about fall harvest this year. He purchased a single-row Oliver corn picker last winter and can’t wait to get into the field with it for old times’ sake.
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Association says sunflower harvest underway

September 24, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) The National Sunflower Association says this year’s harvest should be done well ahead of average.
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