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Tom Hoverstad Scientist at the Southern Research and Outreach Center at Waseca said the the pattern continued in September, warm and dry.

A 1982 song by The Clash endlessly asked a question: “Should I stay or should I go?”  The questioning lyrics are akin to what farmers face as they begin to select 2022 corn and soybean seed later this summer.  Which corn/soybean mix should I plant? Which genetics should I pick? Which traits should I select?  Which maturities should I plant? And on and on and on.  These choices are crucial. “For the most part, 75% of the decisions that determine crop yield potential are already def...

Finally today read the Weekly Weather and Crop Update from the Southern Research and Outreach Center at Waseca, I did not realize how HOT it was!

Finally today read the Weekly Weather and Crop Update from the Southern Research and Outreach Center at Waseca, I did not realize how HOT it was!

The Southern Research and Outreach Center at Waseca will be holding annual Summer Agronomy Field Tour on Tuesday June 22, 2021.

Listen to Tom Hoverstad Scientist at the Southern Research and Outreach Center at Waseca discuss our May weather, a month of the extreme!

[Listen] Tom Hoverstad SROC No Rain and Soil Applied Herbicides Jerry Groskreutz using his 4430 and sprayer to stay ahead of the weeds . Jerry Groskreutz/Townsquare Media Due to the really dry spring there was a lot of concern about how the soil applied group 15 herbicides would perform this year. Many farmers spray the group 15 herbicides over the top of the soil soon after planting. They work the best when you get a rain shortly after application to get them in the soil. The last few years th...

Weekly Weather and Crop Update From SROC Jerry Groskreutz using his 4430 and sprayer to stay ahead of the weeds . Jerry Groskreutz/Townsquare Media The Weekly Weather and Crop Update from the Southern Research and Outreach Center at Waseca (SROC) showed this was the seventh week in a row drier than normal. Tom Hoverstad who is a Scientist at SROC keeps track of the data from their official weather station. I guess I did not need to see the official records to know it was dry again this week. Ra...

Tom Hoverstad Scientist at the Southern Research and Outreach Center at Waseca (SROC) has been very busy during the "winter meeting season" talking about controlling waterhemp. There was no travel time involved because most if not all were on Zoom because of COVID. One of Toms major responsibilities is the herbicide trials and controlling one tough weed, waterhemp. Tom said his discussions centered around two points, controlling waterhemp with the tools we have available now and making sure you...

We were enjoying a very nice winter until the other shoe dropped in February. The meteorological Winter is December, January and February. The first two months averaged 5 degrees above normal. Then February was 11 degrees below normal. So, the meteorological winter of 2021 averaged right on normal! During those two cold weeks in February we came very close to setting a record for days never getting above zero. We were at 5 days and the sixth day the high temperature was just above zero. The all...