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After a wet start in the spring and early summer, and despite recent rains, most crops in Wright County and the surrounding area are looking good as we approach the end of July.
Taylor Herbert is a crop specialist with the University of Minnesota Extension in Wright, Meeker and McLeod Counties…
“I’m so surprised every year about how resilient corn and soybeans can be. Some of our crops, probably more than half, look really good. Of course there’s still those drown-out spots and the perimeters of those drown-out spots that are dead or dying, and that’s not great obviously…but the parts of fields that are well-drained or are a little bit higher are doing really well. We’re starting to see some tassels, and seeing some beans that are flowering. Beans were looking pretty bad for a while there, of course they always look kind of bad in June, but then in July and August things start picking up and beans start looking really good.”
While the spring and summer season this year began similar to last year with plenty of rain, this summer has seen ample rainfall, sometimes too much, continuing well into July. Last year, rains were scarce from mid-July through early September.
