Nailing down an extended weather pattern for fall harvest is a little harder than usual this season. Nutrien Ag Solutions atmospheric scientist Eric Snodgrass says it has been a very active weather pattern. “The trough we’ve been seeing persistently on the West Coast that brought the blizzard to Montana needs to get into the Gulf of Alaska. If it does, that means warmer temperatures for the mid-section of the U.S. We do see that happening,” says Snodgrass. “That also means the windows for breaks from inclement weather aren’t going to last that long.” It will take a few days just to get the ground dry enough to carry harvest equipment in some locations. “Across the Dakotas, we see between 200 to 600 percent increase from average rainfall in the last 30 days. Farmers will have to tiptoe across fields to prevent major problems coming forward. It’s a tricky forecast for October.”
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