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STAFF BLOG THE FARM BLEAT On ginger, piggies, willows and hops
I believe I mentioned in a blog a while back that I am taking part in a 10-month-long leadership program offered through the University of Minnesota called the U-Lead Advisory Academy. I'm writing my...
Posted on 11/4/10 at 9:40 PM
REPRINT 1945: Preventing Linoleum Scratching, Er, Hail Damage
I couldn't figure out how lineoleum could possibly be damaged by hail, as this 1945 advertisement shows, but it turns out the picture is actually of crops damaged by hail. The print has not age...
Posted on 6/9/10 at 6:00 AM
Year in review: Spring, fall rain delays, cool summer make for challenging crop year
WORTHINGTON — Two words can pretty much sum up the 2009 crop year in southwest Minnesota — weather delays.
By the last week in April, 40 percent of the state’s corn crop had been planted, along with 2 percent of the state’s soybean acres. Then came the rains.
By Julie Buntjer , December 30, 2009
Mild weather caters to farmers’ needs
Eldon Bents unloads a hopper full of corn into the wagon Tuesday afternoon in Ransom Township, along Nobles County 6. “It backs up as the dryers aren’t fast enough” said Bents as he works at finishing his last 35 acres.
December 02, 2009
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Recent sunshine leads to harvest time
WORTHINGTON — With one rain delay after another keeping area farmers out of the fields, Gene “Pucky” Sandager thinks farmers should start putting names to these “monsoons” of rain and snow showers that have interrupted harvest — kind of like they assign names to tropical storms and hurricanes.
By Julie Buntjer , October 20, 2009
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