Minnesota Crop News

By Dave Nicolai, Extension Educator – Crops and Phyllis Bongard, Content development and communications specialist Join us January 11th, 9-10 a.m.  for the Strategic Farming: Let's talk crops! webinar series kick off when we look ahead to 2023 and discuss weather, economic and supply chain forecasts with guests Ed Usset and Pete Boulay. Ed Usset, University of Minnesota Grain Marketing Economist, Center for Farm Financial Management will review and update price prospects for old and new crop grain. He'll also analyze the upcoming expansion of the soybean crushing industry and long-term impacts on Minnesota and national markets. Will there be any drought relief this winter? Pete Boulay, Assistant State Climatologist in the Minnesota State Climate Office, will discuss the outlook for temperatures and precipitation this winter and discuss how that may impact drought-stressed areas of Minnesota this spring and the potential for recovery before final soil freeze-up.  Bring your ques

In this episode of the Nutrient Management Podcast, three University of Minnesota experts discuss biostimulants. What's new on the topic of biostimulants? What new research is there related to biostimulants? How should farmers go about testing biostimulant products? TRANSCRIPT Guests:  Daniel Kaiser, Extension nutrient management specialist  Carl Rosen, Extension nutrient management specialist Lindsay Pease, Extension nutrient management specialist (NWROC - Crookston) Additional resources: Compendium of Research Reports on Use of Non-Traditional Materials for Crop Production Should farmers consider biostimulant products? Biostimulants: What are they and do they work? U of M fertilizer guidelines by crop --- For the latest nutrient management information,  subscribe to the Nutrient Management Podcast  wherever you listen and never miss an episode! And don't forget to  subscribe  to the Minnesota Crop News daily or weekly email newsletter, subscribe to our  YouTube  channel, like

Craig Sheaffer, Extension forage agronomist, Troy Salzer, and Nathan Drewitz, Extension educators Winter rye at anthesis. At this stage  of development, winter rye has high  yield but low nutritive value. Cereal winter rye is used in Minnesota as a winter cover crop following corn or soybeans. Because it's very winterhardy, it has the potential to reduce soil erosion and scavenge excess soil nutrients when used as a cover crop. Winter rye also can be used as an early spring forage source. While it has high yield potential, harvest timing must be managed carefully to obtain the desired forage nutritive value. Maturity affects yield and quality Maturity at harvest affects winter cereal rye forage yield and nutritive value. To obtain both reasonable forage yields and quality for hay and haylage systems, harvesting at boot stage is recommended.  Boot stage is just before seed head emergence when the head can be felt near the top of the last leaf.  Figure 1. Winter rye forage yield at