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Minnesota farmer finishes fall fieldwork ahead of first snow

A farmer in northwest Minnesota finished fall fieldwork ahead of the first snow.

Austen Germolus of Borup says dry conditions allowed harvest to move quickly.

“And then we finished up with working ground and doing whatever we needed to do before we did get snow and a freeze up. So yeah, it’s been a really really nice fall.”

He tells Brownfield the dusting of snow is the first real moisture his area has received since August.

“I don’t know that we have enough snow cover to provide the insulation that a person would need to get a lot of moisture absorbed into the soil unfortunately, but we might get a little bit.”

Germolus says crop yields reflect adequate moisture during the growing season because of a wet spring and timely rains.