Irrigated producers looking ahead to possible good season

By SUE ROESLER, The Prairie Star
Mar 24, 2020
Mar 24, 2020 Updated Mar 24, 2020

Snowpack — Recent snowfall over the past week (March 13-15) in northern Montana is contributing to good growing season forecasts, especially for irrigators. Winter is not over yet in this scene from the National Weather Service Great Falls, showing drifting snow from winds on March 16.

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By SUE ROESLER, The Prairie Star

All the river basins in Montana have received above normal snowfall this winter.

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