Combine fires are a serious threat during a dry harvest season. (photo by Jesse Orgaard)
NDSU Agriculture Communication Small-grain harvest is beginning in North Dakota, and dry conditions are increasing the risk of combine fires early in the season.
Daryl Ritchison, state climatologist and director of the North Dakota Agricultural Weather Network, said July was among the warmest and driest on record across much of North Dakota. Dry conditions were expected to continue into early Augus…