Eastern South Dakota farmer Kenton Hofer says dry conditions over the past year have negatively impacted crops this growing season.

“Our small grain crops were very poor, but we had some rain in July that just barely rescued our row crops,” he says. “They won’t be an average crop even for us, but they’re a lot better than they could have been and the prices are up so we’re pretty optimistic it will be alright.”

He tells Brownfield the crops could use some rain.

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