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SD farmer’s corn yields better than expected
A southeastern South Dakota farmer finished harvesting a month ago and came out of the field with better corn yields than expected but below average soybeans.
Scott Stahl, president of the South Dakota Corn Growers Association, tells Brownfield Ag News they caught some of those timely rains in July.
“Soil moisture is depleted as we head into 2022 so definitely still on the drier side of things. But, thankful for a few timely rains during the reproductive cycle of the corn crop, especially.”
Stahl says their soybean yields were disappointing because they didn’t get much needed rain in August and they had trouble with spider mites, which are at their worst in dry weather.
“A little bit of a disappointment on the soybean crop but that’s just the nature of the beast that we deal with each and every year here.”
His cow-calf operation is also feeling the pressure from the drought and he’s hoping to get some of the rain in the forecast over the next week.
