Document Type

Other

Publication Date

6-1-2011

Keywords

south dakota, buckwheat, minor crop, emergency crop

Extension Number

ExEx 8006

Department

Plant Science

Description

Buckwheat is primarily an emergency crop in South Dakota; however, buckwheat is considered a full-sea¬son crop in Minnesota, North Dakota, and Manitoba. Buckwheat probably originated in China. It was first introduced to the United States by Dutch colonists in the Hudson River Valley in the early 1600s.

Comments

Updated June 2011

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