An extension crops educator who toured storm-damaged southeastern Minnesota says strong winds caused heavy lodging in corn fields.
Dave Nicolai with the University of Minnesota tells Brownfield he traveled from Wright County east to Nerstrand Friday.
“Primarily broken stalks broken below the ear, mixed in with standing corn. So as you look out over the field, there’s a lot of variability within the corn.”
He says the lodging will cause problems during harvest.
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