The USDA indicates planting has begun across Minnesota.
The latest crop progress report shows the first acres of wheat, oats, barley, and potatoes are in.
Sugar beet planting, at 10 percent complete, is well behind last year and the five-year average of 44 percent.
As snow melts and frost works its way out of fields, farmers are busy cultivating, spreading fertilizer, and picking rocks.
Soils remain saturated, and pastures in the northern part of the state continue to be dormant.
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