In the last week things have slowed down quite significantly. Everyone is “done” planting! It felt like a long spring, but thinking back, the time between the start of planting and end of planting was only about a month. It is amazing the amount of times an acre of ground has to be covered in such a short period of time.
There are still a few planters rolling in the country side, trying to plant that last little bit of acres that finally dried up over the spring. Everyone is tired of managing prevent plant, so they are trying hard to make sure they have full fields to harvest.
The reason farmers were able to get so much ground covered in such a short period of time is because we’ve hardly received any spring rains. The rains have been spotty ranging from a half inch to 4 inches. This last weekend we received some much needed rains to help activate some of our chemicals and help emerge some of the later planted corn and beans.
Source: agupdate.com
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Categories: South Dakota, Government & Policy, Harvesting, Weather