"On The Farm:" Nick`s Wheat Crop
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| Nick Dreyer |
| 5/6/2009 |
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| The standing water is definitely not the sight Nick Dreyer is used to on his land southwest of Willow City, but at least the birds are happy. "Well, it`s getting to be a little concern I think. It`s been cold and we`ve had a lot of water. We`ve had 3 inches of rain here last fall then all the snow, so it`s getting to be a concern,” says Orlan Dreyer, Willow City Farmer and Nick’s Dad. Since my Dad has been farming for around 45 years, this is nothing new to him. "Like the old guys say, `you seed in the dust, the bins will bust,` so I don`t know. You`ve had a good couple of years here when you could put in the crop early, but you take a look at your land here this year, I estimate there`s 40 acres of standing water, plus the rest of it is pretty soft,” says Nick’s Dad. Planting has just started to begin in northern North Dakota, we`re usually later than everyone else in the state anyway, so things will be even more rushed in this area. We`ve decided to plant wheat, after last year`s flax crop. My flax ran good, yielding about 20 bushels per acre. Most of it is still sitting in the bin, waiting for the price to go up. Flax, for example, has dropped almost in half since last year`s harvest. "If we can get seeding the last week in May, even the 1st of June, you know, you still have potential for a good crop,” says Nick’s Dad. It`ll be at least 10 days before we can even think about seeding. Dad is even on the ball this year with the fertilizer tank sitting in the yard ready to go, but we`ll have to wait for his coffee break to be over to hook it up. |
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