Several counties in Northeast South Dakota are seeing major effects from drought this year. Roberts County Farm Service Agency Executive Director Sharon Rolstad says their biggest concern is the negative impact on the alfalfa.
She says the corn crop is also starting to show signs of drought stress, which will lower yield.
Rolstad says as far as zeroing out the spring wheat, it all depends on the field and stage of development. She says the early planted wheat is seeing the worst effects of the dry conditions.
Rolstad says this is the worst drought year Roberts County has seen since 1988. She says the neighboring counties of Day, Grant and Marshall are also very dry.
