While South Dakota farmers had a delayed start to this year’s crop production, many have been able to catch up with their corn and soybean planting with much of this year’s crop having emerged.  Sara Bauder an extension agronomist at South Dakota State University.  She says for the most part, fields have now dried out allowing farmers to finish or are near finishing with their planting duties.  Bauder says the corn and soybean crop looks like it is off to a good start, but she wonders if there may be some “chilling injury.”

Bauder says she is concerned about the state’s winter wheat crop.