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Spear crops thriving in fields with timely rains

Jun 24, 2026
Jun 24, 2026

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Scott Spear shows the size of the hail that fell at his farm on June 9.

Scott Spear shows the view from his cab as he sprayed his nicely developing spring wheat.

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DRAKE, N.D. – With the official start of summer on the horizon, Scott Spear was busy in the sprayer going down his spring wheat fields spraying post-emergent herbicide when he gave his report on June 14.

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