Parched soils rapidly absorbed recent rains allowing farmers in southern Minnesota to resume fall fieldwork.

Farm management analyst Kent Thiesse with MinnStar Bank in Lake Crystal says two to four inches of rain were common over the weekend.

“And yet some farmers by Sunday (and) even more farmers yesterday and today (are) back in the field again and not having to avoid wet spots , so it shows how dry it was the fact that rain just soaked right into the soil.”

He tells Brownfield most farmers recognized the need and welcomed a break from harvest activity.

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