Now is the time during the growing season to be scouting for insects in dry beans. So far, reports of potato leaf hopper and grasshoppers are coming in. Get the details from NDSU Extension entomologist Jan Knodel and Rock and Roll Agronomy owner Jason Hanson in this week’s Dry Bean Scene on the Red River Farm Network.
The persistent, wet conditions are putting this year’s dry bean crop at a greater risk for foliar diseases. Get the details from North Dakota State University plant pathologist Julie Pasche in this week’s Dry Bean Scene on the Red River Farm Network.
While the dry bean crop was planted later than average in northeastern North Dakota, it is off to a good start. Get the details in this week’s Dry Bean Scene on the Red River Farm Network.
In the Perham, Minnesota area, Professional Agronomy Services agronomist Brad Guck says dry bean planting is a wrap and the crop is off to a good start. Get the details in this week’s Dry Bean Scene on the Red River Farm Network.
As a result of one hot and windy day, dry bean growers in northeastern North Dakota did replant some of the crop. Get the details in this week’s Dry Bean Scene on the Red River Farm Network.
Dry bean planting in the state of Michigan is behind the average pace. Michigan State University Dry Bean Systems Specialist Scott Bales says conditions have been wet. Get the details in this week’s Dry Bean Scene on the Red River Farm Network, made possible, in part, by the Northarvest Bean Growers Association.
Warm and dry weather is allowing farmers to get the dry edible bean crop in the ground. Kelley Bean Company general manager in Minnesota and North Dakota John Bartsch says the start of planting was later than usual. A few acres have been switched from soybeans to dry beans. Get the details in this week’s Dry Bean Scene on the Red River Farm Network.
USDA is distributing a new round of Market Facilitation Program payments, and dry edible beans will receive a piece of those funds. Get the details in this week’s Dry Bean Scene on the Red River Farm Network, made possible by the Northarvest Bean Growers Association.
Farmers are making making dry bean planting progress at 23 percent in North Dakota and 14 percent in Minnesota. However, spot fertilizer shortages are starting to pop up. Get the details in the latest Dry Bean Scene, made possible by the Northarvest Bean Growers Association.
Farmers are making planting progress. Northarvest Bean Growers Association Past President Tom Kennelly, who farms at Grafton, ND, is putting dry beans in the ground. Get the details in the Dry Bean Scene, made possible by the Northarvest Bean Growers Association.