Farmers are trying to access the damage from storms in northeast South Dakota and central Minnesota over the weekend. Latham Seeds Regional Agronomist James Keltgen says there were strong winds and some devastating hail with the storm.

He says hail damage was variable from 5 to over 50-percent, and a few fields were zeroed out for crop insurance. This will lower yields on many fields depending on the level of damage.

Winds of 60 to 90 miles per hour were also recorded in the Kranzburg and Goodwin areas and that resulted in some green snap and lodging issues. He doesn’t expect significant yield loss, just some difficulty combining this fall.