Drought, high input costs stressing South Dakota farmers
3/28/2022 12:04:45 PM
CATEGORIES:
Agriculture
Society & Public Health
Water Supply & Quality
AFFECTED AREAS:
Bennett County, SD
Butte County, SD
Corson County, SD
Custer County, SD
Dewey County, SD
Fall River County, SD
Haakon County, SD
Harding County, SD
Jackson County, SD
Jones County, SD
Lawrence County, SD
Meade County, SD
Mellette County, SD
Minnehaha County, SD
Oglala Lakota County, SD
Pennington County, SD
Perkins County, SD
Stanley County, SD
Todd County, SD
Ziebach County, SD
Start Date: 3/27/2022
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South Dakota farmers and ranchers expect drought to persist into spring. A corn and soybean farmer admitted that extremely high input costs make him and fellow farmers nervous with the dry conditions. Stock ponds and surface water are lower than usual for this time of year.
KSFY-TV ABC 13 Sioux Falls (S.D.), March 27, 2022
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