Excessive rain damaging crops in southeast Minnesota

Soybeans in field
Soybeans emerging from a field near Glencoe, Minn.
MPR Photo/Tim Post

Recent flooding in southeast Minnesota has damaged roads and homes. The rain has also been bad news for many farmers, who are worrying about their crops.

MPR's Cathy Wurzer got an assessment of the situation from Jerry Tesmer, an agriculture extension educator for Fillmore and Houston counties.

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