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Official X Account for the UMN Southern Research and Outreach Center in Waseca, MN
Waseca, MN
Joined April 2016
Here is this week's installment of the Crop & Weather Update! University of Minnesota Extension has an Alfalfa Harvest Alert system which provides growers with data related to the 1st cut of their hay harvest. You can read more at this link: ..
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We had more wet weather here in southern Minnesota this last week... which significantly delayed the rest of our planting tasks. Dry fields for boots doesn't always mean dry fields for tractor tires! Read more about this week's weather and crop outlook below:
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Do you enjoy working with people? Do you have experience in HR and office administration? We are looking for you to join our great team at SROC! Read more about the position opening on our website:
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@PetersenFarms You can take a look at our most recent tweets! We went out on 5/1 to take some pictures of wheat and soybean emergence, and to dig some corn seeds up to show their germination stages.
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Here are some pictures of the early planting demo wheat emergence levels... wheat is a cool season grass that does well in the cool/wet weather we have had recently.
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We have quite an update related to our early planting demo! Tom & Kara dug a few corn seeds from each planting to show where they are in the germination stage. Our 2 earliest dates soybeans have also emerged! You can read more in the Crop & Weather Update included below.
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Time for the first installment of our Weekly Crop Weather Update! Our Feb 26 wheat is up! This winter was the mildest in our records since 1931; a full 10 degrees warmer than normal and the snowfall total was only 15.5 in. That's 37 inches less than normal! Read more below:
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After another week of warm March weather, our ultra early planting demo is doing great! In the photo, you can see where our corn, soybean, and wheat seeds (left to right) are at in the germination process. For those tracking the weather... we'll have to see what happens! 👀🌨❄️
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"This will be a good test of whether [these seeds] can survive a brief cold-snap."-Tom Hoverstad, SROC Agronomy Researcher
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We're a little silly at the SROC.😜Glad to see great minds think alike with testing out some early planting!
February 26 at the SWROC. No frost left, worked up nice. Might as well plant some oats. We'll see what happens. Planting corn or beans would have been silly.
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When is it too early to plant? Maybe February 26th? Well, the conditions were right... so we decided to plant a small demo of corn, soybeans, and wheat. We'll keep you updated on this demo through March and April, so follow us to see what happens!
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Big thanks to everyone involved for a great info session yesterday! Lots of great conversations between producers and winter camelina experts. Missed the event at SROC? You can still attend in Morris on February 8th! More details⬇️
UMN Forever Green and @Cargill are hosting three winter meetings on growing #camelina for farmers in MN & ND in February. Sign-up below:
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SROC has been one location for testing these crops U of M research helps turn crops into jet fuel and diesel
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SROC is super excited to be a participant with @ForeverGreenUMN, where we research camelina and pennycress as winter cover crops to meet a variety of industry needs.
Just announced: Cargill awards $2.5M to @ForeverGreenUMN to support research into novel #oilseed crops winter camelina and domesticated pennycress. Read the release from @CFANS:
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RT @UMNresearch: #UMNProud to announce #UMN is a part of this regional collaborative that won an inaugural Regional Innovation Engine award…
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RT @DavidKeeMN: Jeff Coulter, UMN Corn Agronomist, discusses mid-season N & S application at the checkoff sponsored SROC Winter Crops Day h…
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@BaileyGrubish wrote a wonderful piece about SROC's connections to the @MNSoyGrowers and our soybean research on pages 36-37 of this issue of Soybean Business. Check it out! ⬇️
High-step into the new year by checking out the Jan.-Feb. 2024 issue of Soybean Business! This expanded edition covers the field - from our policy activities to @MNSoybean's checkoff projects - & previews #MNAgExpo24, which kicks off in just 15 days!
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What a great turnout for the Winter Crops Day! Over 60 participants learned from UMN experts and were able to ask questions to make growing season decisions. Thank you to @MNSoyGrowers @mncorn for supporting the event so we could provide FREE registration!
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