The Minnesota Department of Transportation wants farmers to think about leaving standing corn rows next fall along some state highways as a “living snow fence” for the following winter. Spokesman Dan Gullickson says MN-DOT is asking before spring planting, instead of contacting farmers in the fall because…

MN-DOT pays farmers to leave standing corn rows, hay bales or silage bages along selected highways. For more info, visit MN-DOT’s website.