Corn could stand a little heat | Fargo, North Dakota - Moorhead, Minnesota

Nobody would appreciate continued warm weather more than area corn farmers.

Corn fields aren’t as advanced as they should be, and that could cause big problems if the weather doesn’t cooperate.

“We’re two weeks behind (in normal corn development). That’s not good news,” said Joel Ransom, agronomist with the North Dakota State University Extension Service.

He estimated 12 to 20 days of favorable weather are needed to get the corn crop to where it should be.

Only 2 percent of North Dakota’s corn crop and 6 percent of Minnesota’s corn are mature, or safe from frost, according to the latest statistics from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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Cool weather this spring and early summer slowed corn planting and its subsequent development.