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Rough weather slows Wisconsin fieldwork again
May 22, 2017, 17:16 PM
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Rain and severe weather hindered Wisconsin farmers again last week.
Three days of tornadoes and severe thunderstorms brought wind damage and up to 12 more inches of rain to some areas. The USDA’s National Ag Statistics Service says only two-and-a-half days were suitable for fieldwork.
The first crop of alfalfa was close to ideal maturity, but farmers reported the ground was too wet to use machinery in most places.
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