The seasoned farmer likely doesn’t come across too many things that surprise them, yet it does happen on occasion.

I can recall that one summer when reports of an armadillo sighting were stirring through our little part of the country in central Minnesota. It was as if Bigfoot himself had passed through on his way to the deep north woods. The excitement ended abruptly one morning when the little armadillo showed up as roadkill not far from the farm. Considering their range is about as far as Kansas, rumors ran wild around the kitchen table about how it got here or who brought it here.

More recently, we’ve had traveling moose or elk pass through that have caused a social media sensation. While that’s quite exciting, it’s more likely that you’ll find surprises growing in your fields that c

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