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Minnesota sunflower, dry bean planting still behind
May 16, 2017, 16:54 PM
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While warm and dry weather allowed many Minnesota farmers to catch up on field work last week, sunflower and dry bean planting continues to lag behind normal.
In its latest crop progress report, the USDA says nearly 30 percent of the sunflower crop has been planted—a week slower than last year and slightly off the five year average.
Dry edible bean planting is just getting started across the state, with nine percent of the crop in the ground thanks to more than six days suitable for fieldwork a week ago.
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