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Farmers taking snow in stride?Farmers taking snow in stride?
Twitter offers a snapshot into harvest progress (or lack thereof)
Ben Potter
October 12, 2019
3 Min Read
Janet Kubat Willette
It’s harvest time! Or is it?
A round of snow and freezing weather has been raking across the Northern Plains and upper Midwest, disrupting fieldwork in the northern U.S. and Canada for the past several days.
This is happening alongside a slower-than-normal pace of harvest, with corn progress at just 15% and soybean progress at 14% as of October 6. Even this year’s spring wheat harvest, which is typically concluded by early October, still has 10% to go.
But farmers nonetheless have had a (mostly) positive attitude from the latest curveball that Mother Nature has thrown in an already chaotic season. Many took to Twitter to share photos and observations about their latest weather woes. Here is a sampling of what they’ve seen.
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#Harvest19#JohnDeere#MotherNaturePleaseStop pic.twitter.com/Dm2iPhljsr
— Kibble Equipment (@KibbleEquipment) October 11, 2019
Dodged the rain and snow so #harvest19 rolls on today. pic.twitter.com/O0lGJ4A0FQ
— Paul Bachmann (@PaulBachmann7) October 11, 2019
Heading out to fuel up the combines should be a good day #harvest19 #ndblizzard pic.twitter.com/P4dsFQMBMy
— Kim Saueressig (@SaueressigKim) October 11, 2019
The only thing on our farm that likes the early snow fall is Paxton. #farmdog #mbstorm #fallonthefarm pic.twitter.com/KzExlZ4lyd
— Korey Peters (@KoreyPeters) October 11, 2019
I guess we all get to play in the snow for a while. I hope this isn’t a sign of things to come. pic.twitter.com/8n5feyHwvt
— Cliff Steiger (@CliffFarms) October 11, 2019
5 inches to Infinity snow forecasted for Glenburn, ND pic.twitter.com/ik2vBiQBup
— Clarke Stevens (@StevensFarm) October 11, 2019
Definitely windy and wet snow too. Round 1 has left a nice base layer of mud to start the fun pic.twitter.com/T1G8yqwxis
— Kyle Holman (@HolmanFarms) October 10, 2019
At least we can do some kind of harvest in the snow. #cornsilage19 pic.twitter.com/RsI0UrTGQL
— Mark Dimler (@DoubleBarDFarms) October 10, 2019
@KelloggsUS #harvest19 pic.twitter.com/YbBp03n5zn
— TractorPal App (@tractorpal_app) October 11, 2019
I'm going to need more chocolate to finish #harvest19 pic.twitter.com/E1OYL6Ysj5
— Tom Klosterman (@klosterman_tom) October 11, 2019
Current #WeatherUpdate from #Bismarck #NDwx at 6:02am #Snow #Blizzard #snowstorm #Harvest19 #windy #Snowdrifts pic.twitter.com/Bn6aTjy7hm
— Trent Palm (@aerroTpalm) October 11, 2019
Kids are making the best of #harvest19 no #snow beans today!! pic.twitter.com/BsyEPe184J
— Greg Amundson (@ndrockfarmer) October 10, 2019
#snow is accumulating 5NNE Luverne ND. 2.5" of the white stuff as of 3:30pm reducing visibility to 1/4 mile. #NDwx #AgTwitter #harvest19 @NWSGrandForks pic.twitter.com/vGl2fkzsp3
— Brent Johnson (@brent_nd) October 10, 2019
#harvest19 comes to a halt in central and eastern ND plus up into MB. This pic by Cavalier. Heavy wet snow. #AgTwitter #agchat #ndag #mbstorm #ndstorm pic.twitter.com/IHk9kgCXoL
— Jeremy Hughes (@JeremyH750) October 10, 2019
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