National Ag News
Heat brings weed pressure to west-central Minnesota sugar beet crop
Jul 17, 2017, 17:31 PM
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A sugar beet grower in west-central Minnesota is seeing increased weed pressure as the summer heat intensifies.
Noah Hultgren of Raymond says wet, cool conditions this spring slowed plant growth, but a month of warm weather has pushed development of both beets and weeds.
“We’ve had to make sure we’re in the fields at the right time. With the right winds we can spray at the right time, and we can put down some layby chemicals that help control water hemp because that’s always an issue on our farm.”
Hultgren tells Brownfield he’s in the midst of spraying a second fungicide application on his sugar beets, too.
