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Smooth spring gives way to challenging start to summer for Minnesota farmer

A Minnesota farmer who enjoyed a smooth spring says it’s been a frustrating start to summer.

Cole Trebesch of Springfield in the south-central part of the state tells Brownfield he was done planting corn and soybeans in early May.

“Planting went very well for us this year, much easier than the last couple of years.”

He says unlike 2018 and 2019, he had time this spring to get other projects done.

But finding time to spray weeds has been a challenge.

“On our farm we don’t do our own spraying, and we haven’t had many non-windy days to get our dicamba on and stuff like that. So we’ve been switching some stuff around and still hoping to get a window to get the last few acres done.”

Trebesch is up against the clock because Minnesota has a June 20th cutoff date for dicamba applications.

And he says the current regulatory uncertainty surrounding the popular herbicide is further complicating his weed management program.

Trebesch was just re-elected chairman of the Minnesota Soybean Research and Promotion Council.

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