The harvest haze

In the 40 and 50 mph winds today, a storm is brewing all over the state…

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It’s the harvest in Minnesota…

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This combine worked soybeans in Lake City.

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This one handled corn north of St. Charles.

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In almost every combine I stopped to watch, a young lad was riding with his dad.

The “harvest haze” will be around for weeks, yet.

I was in St. Charles today to talk to Ralph and Mena Kaehler, who’ll be my tour guides in a couple of weeks for a NewsCut day on the farms. The harvest will begin in a few weeks for some; it’s over for others.

We stopped at the Daley Farm in Lewiston, where they finished the harvest last evening.

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Today’s chore was pulling tarps over the harvest and holding it down with recycled tires, no mean feat in a wicked wind.