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More Minn. Farmers May Be Planting Wheat This Year Due To Russia-Ukraine War
"Farmers tend to be eternal optimists when we look at every year in terms of the weather coming up," said Dave Nicolai, Univ. of Minnesota.
March 5, 2022
Minnesota farmers are getting ready for spring planting and most hope to be in the field by mid-April. But some farmers could be planting a different crop this year.
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“Farmers tend to be eternal optimists when we look at every year in terms of the weather coming up,” said Dave Nicolai, University of Minnesota Extension.
Coming off one of the worst droughts on record, a wet spring is exactly what Minnesota corn and soybean fields need – especially with commodity prices the highest they’ve been in years.
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