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2012 drought: How does it stack up?
This year's drought in the Upper Midwest is widely believed to be the worst, on balance, since the droughts of 1988 and 1961.
Monday, September, 17, 2012 - Agweek - News

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Dry times
Chad Groos, 41, farms two miles north of Coleman, S.D., with his father, Andy, and brothers Eric and Grant. Groos says his family is fortunate this year, compared with those farther south plagued by severe drought.
Monday, September, 10, 2012 - Agweek - News

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Hot, dry weather hits row crops
Hot, dry conditions persist throughout the region, and are pushing row crops toward maturity. Here is a summary of the National Agricultural Statistics Service weekly crop and weather reports, released Aug. 27.
Tuesday, September, 04, 2012 - Agweek - News

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Halfway through harvest
Earlier-than-usual planting this spring and the hot, dry summer have accelerated normal crop maturity and harvest. The region's small grains harvest is wrapped up already, two weeks ahead of schedule. Many other crops across the Upper Midwest also could be harvested as much as two weeks early.
Monday, August, 20, 2012 - Agweek - News

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Sunnier days ahead?
Ron Aberle figures drought robbed 30 percent of his corn’s yield potential by early August.
Monday, August, 13, 2012 - Agweek - News

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Full bore on wheat
On a recent hot, dry August morning, farmers in northeast North Dakota were in full harvest mode. Combines rumbled through amber fields of wheat.
Monday, August, 13, 2012 - Agweek - News

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Pushing 30
Farmland values and rental rates continue to soar nationally, more in the Northern Plains than anywhere else.
Monday, August, 13, 2012 - Agweek - News

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Rain helpful but spotty
The National Agricultural Statistics Service on July 22 confirmed what most farmers in the region can see up-close — it’s dry. Crop conditions in the last official report didn’t include rains that came to some of the region on July 25.
Monday, July, 30, 2012 - Agweek - News

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Small-town survivor
When Jeff Beyer began working years ago at what’s now Pride Dairy, his duties included carrying a 10-gallon cream container up a steep flight of stairs.
Monday, July, 16, 2012 - Agweek - News

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Drought, heat creep into Northern Plains
With a run of temperatures in the 90s and 100s for the week ending July 8, crop conditions are generally ahead of five-year averages in the region. Some farmers are in better shape than others, but most areas want some rain.
Monday, July, 16, 2012 - Agweek - News

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USDA releases updated crop production report
The National Agricultural Statistics Service on July 11 issued a Crop Production Report that shows U.S. “other spring wheat” production to be up 4 percent from last year, and durum production up 62 percent from 2011 — expected increases that may be tempered by recent hot, dry weather.
Thursday, July, 12, 2012 - Agweek - News

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Chilly day, good-looking crops
On a normal mid-June day in the Upper Midwest, many farmers apply chemicals to their crops or take a first cutting of alfalfa. But a recent Agweek trip through parts of Benson, Pierce and Bottineau counties in north-central North Dakota didn’t take place on a normal mid-June day. The day of the trip provided the worst possible weather to spray crops or cut alfalfa: rain clouds filled the sky, temperatures fell south of 50 degrees and a stiff, cold wind shook even the stoutest evergreens in shelterbelts.
Monday, June, 18, 2012 - Agweek - News

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Minn. canola plant reaches rated capacity
Monday, June, 18, 2012 - Agweek - News

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Crops faring well
Crops generally look good across the Upper Midwest, with widespread rains in late May providing a healthy boost.
Monday, June, 04, 2012 - Agweek - News

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USDA seeking comments on release times for statistical reports
Monday, June, 04, 2012 - Agweek - News

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Farmers off to a strong start
NELSON COUNTY, N.D. — Farmers and others involved in production agriculture in North Dakota’s Nelson County are much more optimistic this spring than they were a year ago.
Tuesday, May, 29, 2012 - Agweek - News

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Central Valley Bean is growing
BUXTON, N.D. — Beans have long been big in Buxton, N.D., and the hill is about to grow.
Tuesday, May, 29, 2012 - Agweek - News

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