We had a low of 20 here in SE SD yesterday night. Lost some leaves on a couple of maple trees but that was about all in my yard. Yesterday afternoon I saw a farmer out swathing his alfalfa. It must not have been over 8 inches tall and you could barely see any windrows. Wonder if he thought frost had killed that crop and by cutting it he could get it to regrow faster? He sure didn't give it much time to recover or see if it was killed. This was on a 120 acre field he cut. Raining here today so there won't be anything to pick up if that was his plan.
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Nathan (SD)
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We had frost to here in the NE part. Got down to 24 on 2 nights. Some guys had wheat up already. Alfalfa was only about 4in. but you can see it is wilted now.
I had 25F at 7am Wednesday. It was below freezing for about 8 hours. Lots of alfalfa turning yellow, but I won't know if my new seeding will survive for a few more days. It's damaged for sure, but may pull through. More sub-freezing nights expected next week though, so who knows 
I don't think the guy cutting it had a good plan, if another freeze comes now, it will kill the crowns. But maybe he was planning on plowing it down anyway?
For trees, I noticed it was snowing "flowers" from the white oak trees when I went out to check the cows Wednesday morning. There probably won't be any acorns around here this year. It seems like Ash and Walnut are the only trees with brains, they didn't even start making leaves yet
I don't think the guy cutting it had a good plan, if another freeze comes now, it will kill the crowns. But maybe he was planning on plowing it down anyway?
For trees, I noticed it was snowing "flowers" from the white oak trees when I went out to check the cows Wednesday morning. There probably won't be any acorns around here this year. It seems like Ash and Walnut are the only trees with brains, they didn't even start making leaves yet
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