South Dakota farmer Doug Hanson says much of his farm will not have corn planted on it this season. Hanson, who farms between the Missouri and Big Sioux Rivers, says he planted about seven percent of his intended corn acres. “If we could something here in a week, I don’t know, it’s kind of past my window of what I wanted to do,” said Hanson, from his farm at Elk Point, South Dakota. “We got the equivalent of about 62 acres in about two weeks ago and then we lost about half that.” His hope is that he can harvest enough to deliver what he’s committed prior to planting.
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