Cold weather offers more opportunity to prepare for 2023

Andrea Johnson
Apr 7, 2023
Apr 7, 2023

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About the cover: Matt Krueger, East Grand Forks, Minn., hopes it won’t be long until he can bring the planter out of the machine shed. Follow along with his reports in Farm & Ranch Guide throughout the 2023 growing season. Photo by Andrea Johnson.

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Andrea Johnson

It looks as though the growing season of 2023 is going to start out slowly.

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