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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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It is dry, great for field work, but a little unnerving. Portions of the state are abnormally dry and a few spots have tipped over into moderate drought, but we are avoiding the drought a lot of the country is in. NOAA’s last release...
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The beginning of the growing season has been relatively gentle, all things considered. Last week at this time, we had record breaking heat and wild fires. While most of the country is under some amount of drought right now, most of...
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Updates are over, we’re still here!
This will be our final update of the season. We know you still have a lot of farming to do this fall, but we generally find that there’s less to say in September as things start to wind down. It’s too...
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