Winter is upon us

The reality that winter is upon us is soaking in. In the far out weather prediction by two noted meteorologists/climatologists foresaw major extreme cold air intrusions from either the Arctic or deep space proved to be correct. The -8 temps in N Dakota on Friday...

Our most forgettable season

As the 11th month of the year arrives we get to say goodbye to the 2018 growing season and the tasks at hand to give complete closure except for hauling and marketing the grain plus cleaning up and completing any repair work on the machinery. Before we can deal with...

Harvest progress

The string of decent harvest weather continues as our wishes and prayers seem to be getting answered. If we had only known this we would not have had to push thru the mud quite as as much, but the date of the first big snow and ground freeze up are still in question....

The challenges continue

When the northern and central parts of the state got hit by two major snows in mid-April it seemed to be a harbinger of the wacky growing season we were going to have to endure. Already many of the long term records for annual rainfall have been broken in the northern...