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National Agriculture Statistics Service (NASS) report forecasts farmers across South Dakota harvested more than 650 million bushels of corn. So, where does all the corn go once it leaves farmers’ fields?
As South Dakota farmers gear up for Planting Season 2022 they are looking at commodity market increases due to the ongoing war in the Ukraine. And because the Ukraine is the world’s largest exporter of sunflower oil – sunflower farmers in South Dakota are looking at price increases of 60 percent over a year ago.But this market spike does not mean there will be a rush to plant more acres of sunflowers. SDPB’s Lura Roti has this story.