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Southern Sunflower Harvest Underway
North Dakota Ag Connection - 08/31/2016

Harvest is underway in Texas, and getting closer for producers in other states. In North Dakota, 3% of the crop is reported mature. And the harvest looks promising, with 73% of North Dakota's sunflower crop rated in good to excellent condition. Colorado also reports 71% of the sunflower crop in that state in good to excellent condition.

South Dakota farmers report 79 percent of the crop is blooming, compared to 96 percent last year. In Kansas, farmers report 89 percent of the crop is blooming, slightly above last year's 85 percent. Minnesota is reporting that 58 percent of its sunflower crop is rated good to excellent.

The National Sunflower Association says that now is a great time to start thinking about desiccating your sunflower crop. Getting the crop harvested several weeks early can result in higher yields and lower drying costs. Late season crop damage and blackbird damage can be reduced and desiccation may also slow down head diseases such as Sclerotinia. Early dry down can also minimize artificial drying costs. September and the first half of October harvest can often allow the use of air- drying to lower seed moisture in storage.


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