South Dakota farmer gladly dodges raindrops to finish planting

A South Dakota farmer doesn’t mind the early and late opportunities to plant while dodging much-needed rain.

Dave Ellens farms between Wentworth and Madison in southeastern South Dakota and says planting progress has been good. “We got done with corn last week and we just started on beans here pretty heavy and we did get slowed down by some rain here but the rain was pretty welcome for how dry we were.”

Ellens tells Brownfield it has been dry since last summer, and he planted corn last week a little deeper to find some moisture but the roughly ¾ of an inch of rain over the weekend really raised everyone’s spirits. 

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