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Last week was brutal. Extreme heat and extremely poor air quality during one of the busiest weeks of the year means that this week, farmers are in major catch-up mode: hand pulling weeds that got away, harvesting garlic, planting final...
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This is one of the busiest weeks of the summer and it’s hard to take breaks or slow down, but working in this heat and smoke is dangerous, both for your immediate and long term health. Take good care of yourselves and your people.
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More oppressive heat is on the way for much of the state in the next week. Some farms are in severe drought, while others are under inches of water (Austin MN received 11 inches of rain in one week!). The heat, humidity, storms, and...
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After a hot start to the week, we are settling into temperatures that are a little more typical for July. Heat waves can slow down our vegetable crops in a few ways, see a rundown in the article “How vegetables respond to heat.” In...
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The run of pleasant weather we’ve had for the last two weeks is ending, as the next week brings hotter temperatures and increased chances for storms. NOAA is saying that next Monday could be the first day of truly dangerous heat this year...
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While things are cooler for now, the hot weather earlier this month means we are at a higher degree day total than we typically are for Mid-June. Keep up with your scouting, insects may show up earlier than we anticipate. Read on for...
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It’s really starting to look like summer out there. Most CSAs are starting this week, we’re seeing more produce at farmers markets, and strawberries will start to be picked soon. There’s been a dramatic expansion of drought conditions over...
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Parts of the state have received rain over the last week, but most of the state is abnormally dry, with a few areas of southeast and north central Minnesota in moderate drought. There is a chance of rain and storms across the state in the...
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Gosh it was hot yesterday. Temperatures look like they will continue to be in the 80s for much of Minnesota for the foreseeable future. The NOAA seasonal outlook released last week calls for equal chances of above or below average...
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It’s a classic Minnesota spring with wild swings between hot and dry to cold and wet. Field work has been delayed on many farms after some parts of the state saw almost 2 inches of rain in 48 hours. A few parts of the state also had frost...
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