Drought concerns dominate field day.
1 / 2 Agricultural producers were given an update on technology, equipment and management practices, but the major concern over drought was prevalent in all of the presentations at the Dickinson Research Extension Center Summer Field Day on Wednesday, July 12.
“It is hard to be prepared for the drought situation, but we wanted to make sure the producers are prepared for what is coming down the road.” South Dakota producer JP Heber from Zell provided a presentation on cover crops and using biological strip till.
“They (South Dakota producers) are going through the same issues we are here,” Buetow said.
He uses radishes to naturally aerate the soil and increase organic matter and soil infiltration from water.
The drone can be used in field scouting and animal inventory.
“The corn and soybean numbers came in a little bit larger than expected, which put negative price pressure on corn and soybeans but the spring wheat and durum came in relatively positive.
It looks like the spring wheat crop is going to be much smaller than expected, and of course the durum crop as well.” He said weather will play a big factor in the prices as the crop matures.
The other thing that the market is watching very closely is the Canadian weather situation.
That’s a major durum as well as spring wheat and canola producing region.