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Spring 2024 is shaping up to be great year for spring wheat.  Middle of April with planting just getting started, interrupted by rain this week.  That which is in the ground already will have a great advantage of having rain falling on it.   Soil Moisture is ok most places so the crop should start fast with warming temperatures.

 

Time to get geared up for getting everything done for the Wells County Fair in Fessenden June 20 to 23, complete this year with a Carnival.

A Tremendous Surprise

Posted by Bill Ongstad on Sep 17, 2013.

Harvest has gone well in north central North Dakota – exceptionally well. As it turns out, the wheat crop did much better than expected, hovering between 70 and 90 bu/A. SY Soren and new SY Rowyn from AgriPro® were two of the better-yielding varieties this year. It’s been a strangely amazing season – the cool weather that followed the season’s early rains was excellent for grain development, so much so that this is actually my second or third best year ever (the top season was 2012). Read more...

Cool, Wet Conditions Made Being Late Okay

Posted by Bill Ongstad on Aug 28, 2013.

While planting was delayed this year, Bill Ongstad says Mother Nature lent his operation a helping hand by keeping the weather cool and wet – great for wheat. Watch as he recounts the challenges of 2013: Read more...

My Latest Harvest Ever

Posted by Bill Ongstad on Aug 19, 2013.

For the very first time, Bill is preparing his combine to begin harvesting in late August. “It’s the latest we’ve ever started,” he tells the Red River Farm Network. Listen as he discusses his adjusted expectations after an usual season.

A Prediction of 40 Bu/A Nearby

Posted by Bill Ongstad on Aug 12, 2013.

The Wheat Quality Council’s spring wheat quality tour just came through North Dakota, and I went to the reporting session in Devil’s Lake (about 75 miles from me) to hear what they had to say. The quality tour reviews for spring and winter wheat and estimates yield based on plants per row, row spacing and kernel counts. This year, they crunched the numbers and predicted yields in the area to be not much higher than 40 bu/A, which is right about average. Read more...

‘Strange’ Season Continues, Pushing Back Harvest

Posted by Bill Ongstad on Aug 8, 2013.

Bill says harvest is still another two or more weeks away. “Things have just slowed up,” he says. Listen as Bill tells the Red River Farm Network why he doesn’t see his situation as unique during this “strange” season.

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