Warm weather starts rapid race toward harvest

By Scott Wittnebel of Nassau, Minn.
Sep 7, 2023
Sep 7, 2023

Crop Watcher Wittnebel (117).JPG — Scott Wittnebel steps out of the tractor after loading corn at the family’s bin site. The Wittnebels raise cattle as well as corn, soybeans, oats and hay.
Tri-State Neighbor photo by Janelle Atyeo

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By Scott Wittnebel of Nassau, Minn.

The crop is developing rapidly with no rain and relatively high temperatures daily since the last report.

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Scott Wittnebel farms with his brother Bart. Their kids make of an able crew of helpers raising corn, soybeans, hay and small grains and a cow-calf herd in western Minnesota’s Lac Qui Parle County.