A south-central Minnesota farmer began the harvest with corn damaged by wind.

Wanda Patsche of Welcome says toward the end of the growing season, strong winds laid down crops in a couple of fields.

“Those were actually the first two farms that we harvested this year. A little bit on the wet side, definitely wetter than what we wanted, but we wanted to make sure we could get that corn.”

They had to combine in one direction, which she says more than doubled the time.

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