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Thursday winds cause lodging in SE Minnesota corn fields

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.

“If they’re close at all, and a lot of these corn fields are black-layered, they’ll have to take a look at moisture and perhaps take (the crop) a little bit early.  It’s going to be slow combining in terms of speed throughout the field.”

Nicolai thinks some farmers might only be able to combine corn in one direction, which would also slow harvest.

Minnesota Department of Ag Commissioner Dave Frederickson tells Brownfield FEMA is on-site assessing damage from Thursday night’s storms.

 

 

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