The Drought is Over

Southwest Minnesota has seen four-to-six inches of rain in the past couple of weeks. “The drought is over; we’ve got water standing, tiles are running full and the subsoil (moisture) is definitely recharged,” said Jim Nesseth, who operates Extended Ag Services at Lakefield, Minnesota. “Tremendous progress was made. I’d estimate 75 percent of the corn is planted and maybe 40 percent of the beans”  The trend in the region has been to plant soybeans before corn.”We’ve got some producers that got all their beans in and haven’t started their corn so they’re getting a little bit nervous.”