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November Farm Briefs
N.D. farmers produce huge wheat crop
North Dakota farmers have produced their biggest overall wheat crop in 13 years, thanks to ideal growing season weather that led to record yields for both spring wheat and durum and the largest winter wheat crop in state history.
The huge crop is tempered a bit by quality problems, but overall [...]
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Montana plants less wheat
BILLINGS, Mont. _ Montana farmers appear to be planting less wheat this year, partly because they need to recharge the soil after planting back-to-back wheat crops to take advantage of high commodity prices.
Interest is increasing in pulse crops that don’t need fertilizer and naturally put nitrogen back into the soil. Montana Farmers [...]
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Value of 2008 crop production
The total value of 2008 crop production in the state was estimated at $6.59 billion, which was down 1 percent from the 2007 total of $6.65 billion, according to the North Dakota field office of the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service.
The largest valued commodity was spring wheat, totaling $1.72 billion, although [...]
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Some corn still in the ground
About 10 percent of North Dakota’s corn crop was still in the field by the end of 2008 because of snow, corn growers say. Tom Lilja, the executive director of the North Dakota Corn Growers Association, said most of the unharvested corn is north of a line between Jamestown and [...]
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