Field Updates From Our Farmers
It is the month of August and we have had a hot and humid summer, it has been hard for the crops to keep up with the weather. We asked some of the farmers to give us their field updates.
Farmer Todd Hanten
4th of July picture with his son and grandson.
Farmer Drew Peterson
Farmer Jordan Scott
“This week we are spraying our soybeans with fungicide. This protects our crop from devastating fungus and diseases that would destroy our crop. At this stage in the plant’s growth, the soybeans are producing the pods that grow the soybean. Our soybean plants are between two and a half and three feet tall.”
Farmer Jeff Thompson
“My farm is located about 25 miles NW of Sioux Falls in the Lyons area. We have been missing some of the rains that Sioux Falls has received and are quite dry. The field in the picture is on the ground that was too wet to farm the past two years. Because of this it is now suffering badly and will be below average yields even if rains come soon. The damage has been done but we farm on.”