Rains timely for southeast Minnesota farmer

A southeast Minnesota farmer says his crops received some timely moisture this week.

Les Anderson of Red Wing tells Brownfield his area went more than a month without substantial rainfall.

“The crops (are) looking pretty good.  We got .7 inches last week, which should help.  But the drier areas have definitely been hurt a little bit.”

He says the bottom leaves on corn were firing, and there are other signs of stress, too.

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