N.D. Beet Harvest Nears Halfway Point

Published online: Oct 11, 2018 News
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Source: Lexington Herald-Leader 

North Dakota's sugarbeet harvest is nearing the halfway point, and the harvest of potatoes is about three-fourths complete.

Other harvest progress reports in the USDA's weekly crop report include 8 percent for corn, 9 percent for sunflowers and 34 percent for soybeans.

Winter wheat seeding is 84 percent complete.

Sixty-one-percent of subsoil moisture supplies and 71 percent of topsoil moisture supplies are rated adequate to surplus.

Stockwater supplies are rated 68 percent adequate to surplus, and pastures are rated 35 percent in good to excellent condition.