Life on the Farm: Readers’ Photos

Even though the “drought” word is creeping back into the news these days, it wasn’t long ago when farms in south and central Minnesota had plenty of rain. Shortly before Memorial Day, faithful contributor Rose Wurtzberger of New Ulm, Minn. sent us a few snapshots of conditions around her farm. “These are scenes that were repeated up and down the Little Cottonwood River in Brown County,” Rose writes. “We measured 6.7 inches in our gauge. I heard as much as 11 inches in places. Lots of ponds in the fields. Some farms even got lake front property! A lot of replanting will be going on.”