Drying stock ponds becoming toxic to livestock in South Dakota
7/27/2021 5:15:16 PM
CATEGORIES:
Agriculture
Water Supply & Quality
AFFECTED AREAS:
South Dakota
Hyde County, SD
Start Date: 6/16/2021
- End Date: 7/22/2021
Drought has dried up stock ponds in South Dakota, concentrating potentially lethal salts, nitrates and sulfates and killing cattle. Producers were strongly urged to get their water tested.
Sioux Falls Argus Leader (S.D.), July 22, 2021
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