Potato planting is now 13 percent finished, which is a day behind average. But according to Donald Maum, Alsum Farms & Produce Sustainability Manager, he says they are right on schedule. Maum says they were able to get into the fields a week earlier than normal.

“Our seed supplies have been arriving on schedule so our seed cutting operation for planting this year is proceeding on schedule,” says Maum. “We were able to get in the fields just after Easter and got in 25 percent of our planting between our two farm locations in Arena and Grand Marsh.”

Maum says the field conditions are pretty good as high temperatures dried the soil out and they  were able to find good moisture to plant into. Soil temperatures when they started the day after Easter were in the upper 40s and then by the end of the week, they were already about 60 degrees.

Potato planting is now 13 percent finished, which is a day behind average. But according to Donald Maum, Alsum Farms &amp; Produce Sustainability Manager, he says they are right on schedule. Maum says they were able to get into the fields a week earlier than normal.
“Our seed supplies have been arriving on schedule so our seed cutting operation for planting this year is proceeding on schedule,” says Maum. “We were able to get in the fields just after Easter and got in 25 percent of our planting between our two farm locations in Arena and Grand Marsh.”
Maum says the field conditions are pretty good as high temperatures dried the soil out and they  were able to find good moisture to plant into. Soil temperatures when they started the day after Easter were in the upper 40s and then by the end of the week, they were already about 60 degrees.

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