FILE PHOTO: Corn and soybeans await much needed rain after a historically dry growing season outside of Yankton, South Dakota, U.S. August 16, 2021. REUTERS/Karen Braun/File Photo.
BRIDGEWATER, SD (KELO.com) — Down on the Farm today, giving thanks for timely rains. We’re following Bridgewater area farmer Jason Hofer through the growing season which started out dry, but is getting better as we go.
It’s been touch and go all season, with the ground already dry from last year’s drought. Several days of 100-degree heat stressed the crop even more…but every little bit helps.
It’s often said that the soybean crop is made in August. After a hot and dry July, August rains are painting a bright picture. Hofer says rain came at the perfect time over the last two weeks for the bean crop.
The recent rains returned the soybean fields to a deep green color, but Hofer says as the bean fields turned green it was like rolling out a welcome mat to grasshoppers.
Now, Hofer says his thoughts are starting to turn to harvest season, as he begins getting the fall equipment ready to go.
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