After dealing with drought conditions from the warm winter season, benefits could come with the added moisture.
“Normally this time of year I wouldn’t be super happy dealing with this because we’re looking forward to Spring,” said Tom Moos, who owns a dairy farm in the Village of New Auburn. “You know, getting stuff in to the ground. But, this is much needed after this dry winter we’ve had.”
He and his partner Deb Jakubek tend to the 80 cows. That is a lot of mouths to feed.
He said the snow is a welcomed sight, despite the slush and clean-up.
Moos says there’s a saying among farmers. Any rain after a dry spell is a million dollar rain. Which makes this snow fall that much more valuable.
“Million dollar snow in a way. Could possibly be,” said Jerry Clark with UW-Madison Division of Extension.
“Hopefully this will work its way into the soil profile. Get into that sub-soil moisture,” said Clark. “Like, last Spring, we were going into the planting season with that profile full of water. And now, this Spring, that sub-soil moisture is gone. So, we need to replenish that.”
He also said the winter weather should reset crops back into dormancy, as some have blossomed early this year.
“We don’t want that to happen until we are out of the frost-free period. Because, we could definitely have a lot of damage to our fruit crop trees at that point,” said Clark.
“A few days ago a bit more concern than we are now. But, we’re definitely not out of the woods in terms of needing more precipitation,” said Clark.
But Moos remains hopeful.
“It kind of makes you hopeful that the page is finally turning. That things are starting to look favorable for us for the rest of the year,” said Moos.
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