#4 Wet Spring/Early Fall

After spring planting delays due to wet conditions, farmers across the Northern Plains and Upper Midwest enjoyed a long, open fall harvest season. That story ranks #4 for the year. Grygla, Minnesota farmer Todd Stanley’s situation was similar to many. ““This isn’t our wettest spring, but it is one of our most trying,” Stanley told RRFN. “It just rains every day or every other day. People have been in the fields over a month and there’s still a fair amount of planting left to do.” Once harvest started, it was a non-stop affair. “We have had a 30-day green flag run,” said Paul Anderson of Coleharbor, North Dakota. “We only took two days for the crew to rest between soybeans and corn.” Ryan Wanzek, who farms near Cleveland, North Dakota, spoke with RRFN in early November and he was close to finishing his corn harvest. “We haven’t had any harvest breaks, so everybody’s getting pretty tired.”