Fall season a great time for planting
Leif has a new article posted in the library. Here are the first paragraphs:
The summer of 2004 has finally arrived! Summer in September is not altogether unusual, but more notable this year in the contrast with the cool temperatures we experienced in the traditional June, July and August period. The warmth together with the irregular rains we’ve received is a blessing of sorts for area row crop farmers. Corn and beans that escaped the frost damage of Aug. 21 now have at least some opportunity to continue the maturation process.
As I scan the fields, I’m guessing that the dry-down of these two main farm crops will be very uneven, with moisture content high in some areas of the field, and quite a bit lower in others. This could complicate the harvest of 2004, and with fuel costs at pretty high levels, some farmers may elect to leave crops in the field longer to let Mother Nature do more of the drying.
Leif’s articles appear in the Saturday edition of the Northfield News, in the Home and Real Estate section. All his previous articles are archived in our web library, going back to 2001.
