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Don’t jump the gun on replanting after storms
Jun 21, 2017, 18:44 PM
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A farm management analyst cautions growers not to overreact if some of their crops were recently damaged during severe weather.
Kent Thiesse is based in south-central Minnesota.
Parts of the state have experienced heavy rains, strong winds, and hail this month.
He tells Brownfield farmers can lose some of their plant populations and still achieve 90 to 100 percent of optimum yields.
“You can even get up to 50 percent reduction on a corn stand with only a 20 percent yield reduction.
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