Warmer weather experienced across Montana, harvest still behind last year

By MORGAN ROSE The Prairie Star
Sep 13, 2019
Sep 13, 2019

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It seems like warm weather finally hit Montana, just in time for Labor Day – the unofficial end of summer. Warmer then average temperatures were experienced across the state as August wrapped up, turning rangeland and drying up soil. The National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), USDA Crop and Conditions Report for the week ending Aug. 30, showed topsoil moisture conditions at 69 percent adequate-to-surplus compared to 72 percent in the previous week. Subsoil moisture conditions also took a dip to 65 percent adequate-to-surplus.

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