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Excessive rains impacting crops in southern Minnesota
A south-central Minnesota farmer says heavy rains this month have caused some issues in crop fields.
Harold Wolle, who also serves as president of the National Corn Growers Association, raises corn and soybeans with his son near St. James. “There’s a few spots where the excess moisture is inhibiting the growth of the corn. We’re going to have some ponding, and some drowned out spots and we’re running out of time to replant those.”
He tells Brownfield post-emergence spraying has been another concern. “It was a struggle for folks to get weed control done on their farms. I think most of them did. With the sprayers that we have now, we can cover a lot of acres in a very short time.”
But Wolle says the rains have been beneficial for subsoil moisture profiles. “When the river is high and out of its banks, I know that all of our drainage systems are working.”
Wolle says the wet weather cycle has helped bust the drought from the last several years.
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