So far you are planting the schedule for April, say NDSU AG expansion offices

March 17th – Grand Forks – There is no clear answer to when farmers will become crops when the spring lawyers in the North Dakota State University Agriculture extension agents. Mother Nature will probably determine that.

So far, however, prospects are good for a decent start in April.

Bailey Schroeder from the Walsh County Extension Office said that farmers are preparing for plants, but the exact time is difficult to determine. It is expected that things will be picked up in the next month or something, she said.

“At the moment everyone works on devices and faces to plant or work other jobs until they are able to start the work of Spring,” she said. “Most farmers hope to be on the field in this area as soon as the snow melts and warms the floor.”

It is the same view elsewhere.

Alissa Sharp from Pembina County Extension's office, said Kalter Boden, can kill the seed, but she hopes according to the mid -April at the latest. Schroeder also appreciated in mid -April if they flow into some of the raw materials of Walsh County such as wheat, soybeans, corn, rapeseed, potatoes and sugar beet. Sharp said she didn't see much frost in the ground, partly because of a dry fall. A farmer himself who focuses on wheat, soybeans and sugar beets is important at this time of moisture.

A longer fall and a milder winter contributed to moving moisture when it was available, Jill Murphy from the Traill County office said, and also help the slowly warming temperatures.

“Now that we gradually warm up in spring, it helps that the water is actually absorbed instead of evaporating or running away,” she said. “So that helps to keep a lot of the moisture that our region really needs.”

There are compromises when you wait for things to warm up and plant while still cold, said Murphy. Some small grains like the colder weather, about 50 degrees, which would also absorb less water. Other cultures such as corn and soybeans immediately want warmth. The choice of becoming plants depends on the producer and which plants you want to do well over the course of the year, she said.

Wind is also a factor. Murphy said she saw how they blow top floor in street ditches and paint them darkly with dirt. Sharp said there are some areas in which there is no good snow cover and dirt leaves behind by the wind. Walsh County and Land 15 miles south of Pembina County's expansion office saw some bubbles in front of dirt, but Sharp said that their farm is doing well with snow cover.

“We haven't seen a dirt yet, so we hope that it stays that way and we have a good moisture to bring everything into the ground as soon as it starts to warm up everything,” she said.

While farmers are waiting for the plants, there are other work. Murphy said she had heard that there were persistent problems with train stations that have an impact on how quickly trains are unloaded, which led to lifts full of sitting than normal. The farmers sit on additional storage space, which causes some wrinkles in their plans, she said. Sharp said that some people start doing things and ready for spring and for companies like American Crystal Sugar.

“American Crystal is currently going around and finds out where beets go and what seeds they want,” she said. “(You) ensure that you have everything ready for it, like most companies.”