12to 14 snow

In the corn rows. Up to 8" mud under that in too many places. And occasionally there is standing water between the two. Had good frost depth early on but it warmed up then snowed about a foot of heavy wet stuff adding more moisture and insulation. so frost mostly gone.Before deer season there was almost no deer tracks or sign in the fields. Now so many tracks they look like a barnyard. Moisture in the mid 20's with test weight in the upper 40's. Field I could go on today was no-tilled into sod so held up fairly well, but its a half mile off the road. had plowed a road to it earlier so that had frozen hard but still had to pull the wagons out with a tractor. Tilled fields are a no go until it dries or freezes through the snow. I keep telling myself and anyone else that will listen that we do this cause its so much fun. and questioning if I really mean it. But today was nearly 40 degrees, sun was out a lot, and everything worked. Had WVAL classic country out of Sauk Rapids mn on the radio and they played country style Christmas music. Corn stalks were tough yet brittle, too fast they would bunch up on the head. 1 1/2 to 2 mph top speed with the F2. Slow was faster. And you know with all the complaining we do today was FUN. we are blessed.

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doug, what part of wis are you at, here west of Oshkosh, we only have 1-2 inches left on ground

NW. half way between MPLS/STP and Duluth/ superior right on the mn border. Had one storm of about 11" and then a couple of 4" to6", Its settling some now with the warm weather, but still 8 to 10" in the corn.