NDSU analyzer helps with prevented-planting decisions

  • NDSU Extension specialists say now may be a good time to evaluate the economics of prevented planting, so a decision can be made if weather events delay planting to the crop insurance final planting date. (Pixabay photo)
    NDSU Extension specialists say now may be a good time to evaluate the economics of prevented planting, so a decision can be made if weather events delay planting to the crop insurance final planting date. (Pixabay photo)

    North Dakota State University Extension has developed a spreadsheet to help farmers analyze and make prevented-planting decisions.

    “Producers in North Dakota are waiting for fields to dry out so they can start field work and crop planting,” says Ron Haugen, NDSU Extension farm management specialist. “If wet conditions continue in certain areas of the state, it will prevent some producers from seedi…