Bruce Peterson sharing 2022 growing season with readers

Andrea Johnson
May 4, 2022
May 4, 2022 Updated May 24, 2022

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NORTHFIELD, Minn. – A former president of the Minnesota Corn Growers Association has agreed to take readers along as his family farms through the 2022 growing season.

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