Crop Comments: Phil minus one
Crop Comments
February 19, 2019

Crop Comments: Phil minus one

Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania’s most famous resident is a groundhog (or woodchuck) named Phil. This medium-sized rodent (beavers being much bigger rodents) allegedly predicts the weather annually on Groundhog Day (Feb. 2). If Phil sees his shadow, we Northeasterners are stuck

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