CLIMAX, Minn. – The ground opened up and swallowed a bean field in the Red River valley, leaving a 1,200-foot scar in the earth 25 feet deep. Fourth-generation farmers Wayne and Erllene Erickson said they never had seen anything like it. Geologists at the University of North Dakota blamed dry weather, a drop in water levels on the Red River, and recent rains for a perfect storm for.
Steering clear. The Ericksons will steer their harvesting machines around the gape.