July rains help oats head out, complicate haying plans
Crop Watcher Blake Burggraff’s third cutting of alfalfa was rained on by a pop-up thunderstorm that brought over an inch of rain to some areas near Hartford, South Dakota.
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Crop Watcher Blake Burggraff’s third cutting of alfalfa was rained on by a pop-up thunderstorm that brought over an inch of rain to some areas near Hartford, South Dakota.
“It’s something that we care about in South Dakota mostly because a lot of our acres came from pasture ground.”
"From camps and community actives to haying and checking cows, we have been busy trying to stay ahead. This makes summer go way too fast."
The corn was a couple days away from tasseling, and Rix had done a little side dressing the week prior, before the corn got too tall.
Rainfall around the Fourth of July meant the family could take a break from haying and enjoy the holiday.