weather

After a couple weeks of cooler than normal weather, this past week was the exact opposite. Yes, the other shoe dropped! Temperatures averaged 72.4 degrees and that was 7.2 degrees above normal. The wet turned to dry, too. Rainfall totaled only ...

This stretch of cold wet weather is getting old again. We are fortunate that the corn is pretty well all planted and a large percentage of the beans are in the ground, so it could be worse. It would appear that some lower areas or "potholes" drowned out and some of those might be replanted depending on how large they are...

Severe storms rumbled through southeast Minnesota again last night, and a tornado was even reported in Plainview. Luckily, no was was injured. But it got me wondering, why does it seem like tornadoes usually strike mobile homes?

Update: The Storm Prediction center has issued a Tornado watch effective until 10pm. The watch means conditions are favorable for the development of severe thunderstorms and possible tornadoes in and close to the watch area. The watch area includes: Blue Earth, Brown, Dakota, Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue, Le Sueur, Martin, Nicollet, Redwood, Rice, Scott, Steele, Waseca, and Watowan counties... Rea

Monday afternoon I finished planting the last few acres of corn and then began getting ready to plant beans. I was out in the field with a field cultivator when the thunderstorms moved in about 7PM. There sure was a lot of cloud-to-cloud lightning and I also saw a number of bolts of head downward to the ground...

One of the oldest sayings in the grain markets is "rain makes grain and more rain makes more grain." Typically traders do not think too much rain can be a problem. I have read many times that even if lower areas are damaged or even drowned out the other areas will more than make up for it because of the extra moisture...

When it is May 1 and you have not planted any corn yet, you frequently check the weather radar. Especially when there is a lot of rain in the forecast. That is certainly the case this weekend with many states south and east of Minnesota in flash flood watches and warnings...

Having been at KDHL for more than 20 years while also farming, there are signs I look for that remind me spring has arrived.

A frost advisory has been issued for Houston and Winona counties. In the immediate area of south-central Minnesota, temperatures are expected to dip a little below freezing and the cloud cover should minimize frost potential but the cold could do damage...

Last weekend was not too bad. Temperatures were in the 70s on Monday in some areas. Now we have been stuck in the 40s when our average temperatures for this date are supposed to be 65 for the high and 39 for the low. And we have had some of that stuff that starts with the letter "s" like my sister did in Port Wing, Wisconsin...