A south-central Minnesota farmer sees a silver lining to the weather extremes his crops have endured this season.
“The one thing that extreme weather conditions can (do) is really teach us some things.”
That’s Kevin Poppel, a corn and soybean grower from Madelia. Poppel tells Brownfield he’s zeroing in on nitrogen management.
“Extreme weather like this really proves to us the value of split-applications of nutrients and not having all your eggs in one basket.”
Planting delays and excess moisture are among the weather challenges Poppel has faced so far this season.
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