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Parked farm machinery like the one in this field west of Luverne is a common scene all over Rock County after much needed rainfall brought a halt to spring planting. Another inch or more fell during Monday night’s storm. Lori Sorenson/Rock County Star Herald Photo
Parked farm machinery like the one in this field west of Luverne is a common scene all over Rock County after much needed rainfall brought a halt to spring planting. Another inch or more fell during Monday night’s storm. Lori Sorenson/Rock County Star Herald Photo

Much need moisture delays spring planting, clears local drought threat

Spring fieldwork took off in Rock County and across the region in mid-April, but conditions changed in late April and early May after more than 3½ inches of rain fell over a two-week period.

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