A cool and wet week didn’t slow down too many Minnesota farmers working on hay and small grains. USDA reporters say with less than five days of suitable weather, quite a bit of the field work got done.
The second cutting of alfalfa hay is 94% complete. Spring wheat harvesting is 31% finished with the crop rated as 76% good to excellent. About 78% of the state’s oats are harvested, and nearly a third of the Minnesota barley for grain was harvested as of Sunday.
