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South Dakota remains short of soil moisture

According to South Dakota’s office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, producers around the state spent last week finishing up harvest, doing fall tillage, and fertilizing, along with hauling grain and hay and moving cattle to stubble fields.

33% of the winter wheat crop has emerged, compared to 95% a year ago and the five year average of 93% with a big chunk of the state continuing to suffer from drought.

52% of the crop is rated poor to very poor with 44% fair and 4% good.

84% of topsoil and 90% of subsoil remain short to very short of moisture.

52% of South Dakota is short to very short of feed and 75% is short to very short of stock water.

74% of cattle and 79% of sheep are in good to excellent shape.