We have a strange line in the sand this year, NW Minnesota and Eastern North Dakota are running
3-6 inches of precip above average. The SE portion of Mn and Western Wisconsin is 3-6 inches below
average.
I'm located on the drier side of the line and we're just finishing up with a boomer basswood crop
averaging 60-80 pounds.
Our mid summer Sweet Clover flow comes next into the 20 or so of July. Eastern North Dakota should
see a potentially big year with ample moisture and reasonable temps in the upper 70's-80's in the
long term outlook for the main honey flow during July. Last year the Dakota's burned up during a
hot dry summer and many locations were a bust.
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