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Plant Sunflowers Early

May 6 or 11 are the earliest planting dates covered in North Dakota and South Dakota. Video links provide tips for best planting.

April 27, 2012

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Sunflowers can be planted early. The earliest covered planting dates are May 6 or May 11 in North Dakota and South Dakota, depending upon the county, according to John Sandbakken, National Sunflower Association executive director.

If planted after the earliest allowed planting date, a replanting payment is allowed if your sunflower crop is damaged by a covered cause of loss to the extent that the remaining stand will not produce at least 90% of your production guarantee and it is practical to replant.

No replanting payment will be made on acreage initially planted before the earliest planting date.

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John Smith, University of Nebraska machinery system engineer, Scottsbluff, is featured in a series of videos the NSA produced about how to improve seed placement.

Plant Sunflowers Early

The videos include:

Plant Sunflowers Early

For more information, you can contact Smith at 308-632-1247 or [email protected].

Source: NSA

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