Southern Research & Outreach Center | Waseca, MN

Overhead view of SROC buildings and fields
Overhead view of SROC fields
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Planting quickly headed to the finish thanks to dry weather

May 27, 2023

Tom Hoverstad, a scientist at the University of Minnesota Southern Research and Outreach Center in Waseca, said progress has been good in his area.

After delay, spring planting takes off

May 8, 2023

Tom Hoverstad, a scientist at the University of Minnesota Southern Research and Outreach Center in Waseca, said that while the recent cold snap slowed field work some, it is better than a year ago.

“Last spring was poor. It was a cold and wet April and there was a late planting season. The year before that was good and in the 2020 year of COVID it was early planting and a great crop.”

Hoverstad said that while the area went into the winter dry, the winter season helped replenish some soil moisture.

“Winter was good to us. We had the wettest winter on record,” he said.

Climate-stressed broccoli gets help from U of M research

May 1, 2023

Charlie Rohwer and Natalie Hoidal inspect the broccoli crop for black rot at the U's Southern Research and Outreach Center in Waseca.