MPR News Feature; Wet weather delays grain planting in areas of Minnesota

So I can only say that the weather generally adversely affects all of the Minnesota crops in general. No I wouldn't say that in the southern two thirds of the state it has affected turn some of the corn and soybeans fields or someone that should snap out of it and it's farm weather applies here in the northwest. Kind of a different situation. What weather has delayed dieting again. If they get a creature planted this is going to get a little late for their small grains and chances of it being affected by what they're doing later planning this. It's going to pick pick in this area. Well let's talk about the situation in northwestern Minnesota. What small grains are we talking about specifically. Mainly wheat barley. And slacks about how much of the crop has been successfully planted at this point.

Well according to our last weekly there report corn and soybean crops and been virtually all planted by now in the spring. We could go about two thirds of it was planted and they didn't really make much progress last week. We have not tabulated our current weekly weather report yet this week so we don't know much exactly how much but I would say less than three fourths of that crop intended a creek a spring wheat has been planted to date. Barley probably less and less than two thirds Oats has become less. That is produced in the northwest so that's state wide that's pretty well along. Now over 80 percent completed tracks a day is probably less than three fourths completed and sugar beets is well along.

All right there are there are high hopes of course for high yields this season and you've already suggested that because of the problem in planting with all the wet weather those yields may be down just precisely how serious of a problem can this be. Well you know it's very difficult to say what effect this is going to have. It's all you can state at this time is that probability. Small grain you know it's being affected is greater just because of the lateness of planting. But if they happen to get good moisture from the right main static throughout the growing season whether stays cool they still come through with a good crop. But the probability of it being affected by this moisture is certainly greater Just because it's in planning. What's the latest point farmers can plant and still hope to get a good crop.

We read some reports from colony agents and they were suggesting. This I don't want to speak for the few of them that they thought anything after this week. But then they started getting a good chance if they wanted to expect any profit from it. So if we have more rain the ground is very wet up there throughout the rest of this week. Then there could be a real problem in terms of getting enough smaller grains planted. Yes I think if it goes much beyond this leak they will probably a chance of there probably change our plans of course are quite limited to what crops they can raise this is and one of the problems. There's much alternatives in that area but they may let the land lay idle or put some hay crops or something like this in just a word saw I how would you characterize the rest of

the crops planted and coming along in the state. I would say corn and soybeans here and good are in good condition. Throughout the state with the exception of this northwest area.