Crop Watcher: Rain keeps farmers out of the field for another week

Janelle Atyeo
May 22, 2019
May 22, 2019

Rohrbach planter — Crop watcher Jonathan Rohrbach stands by his planter at his Roscoe, S.D., farm. He had seeded some small grains, but was waiting for fields to dry before planting corn in late May.
Tri-State Neighbor photo by Jager Robinson

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Producers in northern South Dakota seeded small grains at the beginning of May, but very few started planting corn before the evening of May 17, reported crop watcher Jonathan Rohrbach of Roscoe.

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Janelle is editor of the Tri-State Neighbor, covering South Dakota, southwestern Minnesota, northwestern Iowa and northeastern Nebraska. Reach her at jatyeo@tristateneighbor.com or follow on Twitter @JLNeighbor.