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Good shot of precipitation comes at opportune time

By ANDREA JOHNSON, Assistant Editor
May 6, 2010
May 6, 2010

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By ANDREA JOHNSON, Assistant Editor

Farmers across Minnesota had one word they frequently used in every conversation - rain.

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