Soil scientist sees positives of mild winter

Soil scientist sees positives of mild winter

A soil scientist based in the Upper Midwest sees mostly positive outcomes for crop farmers as an abnormally mild winter continues.

Jeff Strock with the University of Minnesota says warmer than normal temperatures have kept frost depths shallow.

“It’s allowed some of the precipitation, whether it had been snow or rain, to actually infiltrate into the ground and actually replenish some of that soil moisture that’s kind of been depleted.”

He tells Brownfield warmer soils could also result in early planting.

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