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Slideshow: It looks and feels like an early spring on many fields in south-central Pennsylvania thanks to some unusually warm fall weather.

Chris Torres, Editor, American Agriculturist

November 10, 2020

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Can you say Indian summer? After a cold end to October where some places saw their first freeze of the season, temperatures are back into the high 60s and low 70s, a very nice start to early November.

Lots of corn and soybeans have yet to be harvested, along with the other usual fall crops — think pumpkins and squash.

But the nice weather has allowed quick growth of fall-planted small grains and cover crops. In fact, it looks more like early spring than late fall in some places, and producers are taking advantage of extended grazing while they can.

While on assignment late last week I took a drive around Berks and Lancaster counties in south-central Pennsylvania to see what farmers are up to during this unusual stretch of warm weather. Click through these pics to see what I found.

About the Author(s)

Chris Torres

Editor, American Agriculturist

Chris Torres, editor of American Agriculturist, previously worked at Lancaster Farming, where he started in 2006 as a staff writer and later became regional editor. Torres is a seven-time winner of the Keystone Press Awards, handed out by the Pennsylvania Press Association, and he is a Pennsylvania State University graduate.

Torres says he wants American Agriculturist to be farmers' "go-to product, continuing the legacy and high standard (former American Agriculturist editor) John Vogel has set." Torres succeeds Vogel, who retired after 47 years with Farm Progress and its related publications.

"The news business is a challenging job," Torres says. "It makes you think outside your small box, and you have to formulate what the reader wants to see from the overall product. It's rewarding to see a nice product in the end."

Torres' family is based in Lebanon County, Pa. His wife grew up on a small farm in Berks County, Pa., where they raised corn, soybeans, feeder cattle and more. Torres and his wife are parents to three young boys.

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