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Sunflower Crops Doing Well
Minnesota Ag Connection - 09/29/2016

Sunflower harvest is half done in Texas. Producers there report 50 percent of the crop harvest, which is on track for the five year average of 52 percent. Sunflower crops are doing well in reporting states; 71 percent of North Dakota's sunflowers are reported in good to excellent condition, and 68 percent of Kansas are rated good to excellent. South DAkota is reporting 15 percent of its crop is mature, while Minnesota rates 58 of the crop good to excellent.

The National Sunflower Assciation also reports that now is a good time to remove blackbird roosting locations such as marshes, sloughs, and cattails. Cattails serve as blackbird habitat so it's in the sunflower producer's best interest to get rid of as much as possible.

Meanwhile, the USDA says it's fall, and as the temperatures drop, the blackbirds will start migrating and causing problems for sunflower growers. The USDA can help through its Wildlife Services personnel who can assist producers who have blackbird problems.


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