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By John Cross
y the time July rolls around, the crops of southern Minnesota have long since been planted. The rural vistas that only two months earlier were just bare ground now are decorated with rich, emerging greenery. In July, the soybeans and corn that march across the countryside in precise row hold the promise of a good harvest. But only a promise. It will still take weeks of good weather, of dodging wind and hail, and avoiding early frost, before the crop is made and a bin-buster is assured. M
54 • July 2014 • MANKATO MAGAZINE