DIXON — It's an early morning along the Jocko River. Trucks are running; hands are working, picking melons to fill the Dixon farm stand.

"We have 12 row sections. We pick 6 rows at a time. We usually have 6 to 7 people on a team," Dixon Melons co-owner Cassie Silvernale explained.

Montana isn't known for melons. But Dixon is.

"You're not gonna buy another grocery melon and get the same flavor. It's just, period," Cassie stated.

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However, it's not because of the dirt. Many at Dixon Melons say that when Glacial Lake Missoula melted, it took the topsoil with it.

"I mean, from one end of the field to the next, it changes a lot just the soil conditions," Dixon Melons co-owner Fau

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