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Eric Samuelson, a Crookston-area farmer, said despite a wet, late start to the growing season and a dry end, yields have been average or better across the board for most crops.
When sugarbeet plants are young, besides being damaged by blowing dirt, they are vulnerable to being sheared off by the high winds, a condition referred to as “helicoptering.”
Cold temperatures and excessive moisture have delayed spring planting across the northern Plains.