Hot, Dry Weather Affecting South Dakota Hay Fields, Pastures
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A week of hot, dry weather has caused the condition of alfalfa hay fields and pastures to decline in South Dakota.
The Agriculture Department says in its weekly crop report that the high temperatures dried fields and allowed farmers in the southeast to continue planting. But the report says rain is needed in the northeast and the west.
Pasture and range conditions statewide are still rated 70 percent good to excellent, and 86 percent of stock water supplies are adequate to surplus.
The alfalfa crop is rated 50 percent fair and 37 percent good to excellent. The first cutting is about half done.
About three-fourths of the state's winter wheat, corn and soybean crops are rated in good to excellent condition.
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