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Stephan Melson

@stephmels

Farmer and Independent Crop Consultant with United AgTech, LLC

Last night, I saw the best band know to man @Nickelback

stephmels's tweet image. Last night, I saw the best band know to man @Nickelback

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These are not tar spot. For tar spot prediction data near your farm, check out the Forecasting Tool at cropprotectionnetwork.org/crop-disease-f…. @badgercropdoc @MartinChilvers1 @tjcksn @baldpathologist @bobkemerait @alisonrISU @MandyBish1 @maddishires @NDSUExtension @DTelenko @OnofreLab

CropNetwork's tweet image. These are not tar spot. For tar spot prediction data near your farm, check out the Forecasting Tool at cropprotectionnetwork.org/crop-disease-f…. 

@badgercropdoc @MartinChilvers1 @tjcksn @baldpathologist @bobkemerait @alisonrISU @MandyBish1 @maddishires @NDSUExtension @DTelenko @OnofreLab…

The new @MnPCA manure management website is a cumbersome, slow, inefficient mess. I’m curious what pollution is being reduced by this new bureaucracy??


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Hey Minnesota farmers and ag profs. Help us to better serve you. We need to understand how you prefer to receive agronomic info. Take our short survey ==> make $50 — blog-crop-news.extension.umn.edu/2025/04/please…


I had the privilege of seeing Bob Dylan last night in Sioux City, Iowa. The road trip there was half the fun @Knockout67 @ken_dux

stephmels's tweet image. I had the privilege of seeing Bob Dylan last night in Sioux City, Iowa. The road trip there was half the fun @Knockout67 @ken_dux

Excellent Lord of the Rings reference

Meat is back on the menu. Nature is healing.



Hey @elonmusk I am writing a nutrient management plan for the @NRCS_MN and it is currently 1000 pages for a 1700 acre farmer. Can @DOGE look into this ? It’s the epidome of waste and red tape


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Greater tar spot incidence and severity in parts of SC and SW MN this year. Was the disease early and severe enough to affect yield? We may get some clues from fields with check strips. Photo: UAT consulting

SWMNpest's tweet image. Greater tar spot  incidence and severity in parts of SC and SW MN this year.  Was the disease early and severe enough to affect yield?  
We may get some clues from fields with check strips.

Photo: UAT consulting

I was hoping for the opposite, shucks

Rep. Ilhan Omar easily wins renomination of DFL for 5th CD

CallaghanPeter's tweet image. Rep. Ilhan Omar easily wins renomination of DFL for 5th CD


I have not watched a minute of the 2024 Olympics and I am not upset about it


The office state bird of Minnesota this year is the mosquito… wow they are bad


Who else is ready for crop year 2025? 🤮💩🤢


What category of food is rhubarb?


Traveled to Kansas City this weekend for my future sister in law’s bachelorette party. I periodically met up with the group to have our baby fed by my wife. The girls had a lot of fun! They looked like this skeleton at the end of the night

stephmels's tweet image. Traveled to Kansas City this weekend for my future sister in law’s bachelorette party. I periodically met up with the group to have our baby fed by my wife. The girls had a lot of fun! They looked like this skeleton at the end of the night

People playing their scratch off tickets on the counter of the gas station checkout is extremely maddening


Made the trip to Kansas City and celebrated my sister’s birthday with a brewery and distillery tour. I’ve never had a bad time in KC !

stephmels's tweet image. Made the trip to Kansas City and celebrated my sister’s birthday with a brewery and distillery tour. I’ve never had a bad time in KC !
stephmels's tweet image. Made the trip to Kansas City and celebrated my sister’s birthday with a brewery and distillery tour. I’ve never had a bad time in KC !

After some delays we finally have a new website. Bugs and details yet to work out but its exciting to have a start -> unitedagtech.com


I had a great year as president of the Minnesota Independent Crop Consultants Association. It was an honor and a great learning experience. Learn more here -> mnicca.com


We are cheering for Taylor Swift at Super Bowl LVIII

stephmels's tweet image. We are cheering for Taylor Swift at Super Bowl LVIII

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