AGRICULTURE
   
   
2008 Crop Update
   
                       
         
   

Monday, August 18:

The Ag staff will be sampling the crop this week (Aug 18-20). The lab will run on Thursday, Aug 21 and the current estimate will be revised. I would expect a one to two ton per acre uptick at that time from the current 19.4 tons per acre.

Infection values have been active the past two weeks. This is a critical time to make sure you have a healthy canopy for maximum sugar production. To that end make sure you are aware of where you are with your fungicide program.

 

August 7: Here is some further clarifcation of the new Minnesota Weight Law from Greg Hayes Minnesota Statewide Truck Weight Education Coordinator:

"I received a call from one of your growers concerned about the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) issue on the new 90,000 agricultural weight increases.  He was under the impression (when talking to another grower) that this permit supersedes the previous sugarbeet permit.   That is not true. 

The old permit is alive and well and the same rules apply as before  (not valid on county and township routes).  Also the GVWR is not an issue when using the older permit as those increases were percentages on the old weight table and did not require compliance with the new federal bridge chart.

So, if you want to let the growers know that the new law is optional for sugarbeets  (and any other raw and unprocessed agricultural commodity). The gross vehicle weight rating issues applies only if applying for the new permit…not the sugarbeet harvest permit.

Listed below is the current (August 14) crop estimate:

Station Acres Tons/Acre Total Tons
Factory
30,100
19.9
598,000
Tyler
10,800
19.8
213,000
Gorder
9,600
19.3
186,000
Hawes
10,400
18.3
190,000
Yaggie
11,000
20.6
226,000
Lehman
12,800
18.1
232,000
Lyngaas
10,300
20.6
212,000
Peet
14,000
18.2
254,000
Total
108,900
19.4
2,112,000

 

Here is a comparative report of the July samples. The crop will sampled for the second time th third week of August. The lab will run Thursday, August 21.

  2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Population
42,400
41,900
41,900
44,400
41,100
43,000
44,100
38,800
42,700
Tons-Roots
7.80
4.49
6.39
7.76
5.37
2.61
6.92
6.52
4.6
Final TPA
21.8
18.0
21.2
20.1
23.2
17.7
25.9
20.5
19.4

 

 

2007 Crop Statistics

 

Station Acres Tons %Tare %Sugar %Purity Tons/A Sugar/T Sugar/A
Fact MN
19,014
389,343
2.4
17.6
88.4
20.5
292
5,987
Fact ND
8,471
169,725
3.0
16.5
88.2
20.0
272
5,456
Tyler
14,007
292,064
2.5
17.3
88.2
20.9
287
5,989
Gorder
9,132
178,084
3.2
16.9
88.3
19.5
280
5,459
Hawes
7,904
149,819
3.0
17.2
88.4
19.0
286
5,426
Yaggie
14,670
292,400
2.7
17.7
88.5
19.9
295
5,878
Lehman
11,840
259,353
3.4
16.8
88.7
21.9
281
6,148
Lyngaas
8,737
170,555
2.4
18.0
88.8
19.5
302
5,897
Peet
13,860
307,279
3.4
17.2
89.0
22.2
289
6,404
Total
107,634
2,208,622
2.8
17.4
88.6
20.5
290
5,954

 

County Yield Reports:

 

County Acres Tons %Sugar Tons/A Sugar/A
Richland
27,522
547,483
17.1
19.9
5,627
Wilkin
47,763
965,644
17.8
20.2
6,027
Clay
7,519
173,607
17.2
23.1
6,664
Grant
10,186
202,103
16.9
19.8
5,598
Traverse
6,432
132,885
17.2
20.7
5,924
Cass
2,842
60,416
17.6
21.3
6,273
Stevens
2,293
63,824
16.2
27.8
7,528
Ottertail
2,320
43,420
17.2
18.7
5,385
Roberts
65
1,517
17.7
23.2
6,994

 

 

State Yield Reports:

State Acres Tons %Sugar Tons/A Sugar/A
Minnesota
76,514
1,581,486
17.5
20.7
6,049
N. Dakota
31,069
625,618
17.1
20.1
5,717
S. Dakota
65
1,517
17.7
23.2
6,994

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

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