Crops affected, stock dams drying up in Ziebach County, South Dakota
7/26/2017 4:27:40 PM
CATEGORIES:
Agriculture
Water Supply & Quality
AFFECTED AREAS:
Ziebach County, SD
Start Date: 6/1/2017
- End Date: 7/26/2017
It is severely dry in Ziebach County. We received 1.1 inches of rain the entire month of June, and only .3 for the entire month of July thus far.
There isn't any hay to put up; the wheat and oats crops weren't worth harvesting so were instead put up for hay. The oats we did put up for hay tested very high in nitrates, so it won't be able to be used for feed.
The stock dams our cattle rely on for water are drying up, so additional water sources have been implemented from wells and water lines, which are an additional expense to the producer as well.
We generally wean and sell our calves the 3rd week of October, but this year we will have to sell the end of August or 1st part of September as we will be out of grass if it doesn't rain.
From Ziebach County, South Dakota, on July 26, 2017
Sources
-
Crops affected, stock dams drying up in Ziebach County, South Dakota.
Wednesday, July 26, 2017
