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Crops avoid frost and snow damage

A farmer in northeast South Dakota says recent rains and cool temperatures have delayed some planting progress.

“In fact, we had to cross our fingers and toes to avoid frost damage and even snow.”

DuWayne Bosse says north of his farm there was a trace of snow this week, but he thinks crop damage has been avoided.

“This cold and wet we had now will hang with us for a little bit and delay the finish to planting, but as you’ve seen in the USDA crop progress reports, we’re ahead of normal.”

He says the crops haven’t grown much with the cool temperatures and there’s still some soybean planting left.

“I see a little bit of water standing when I look out my window right now on a field that’s going to soybeans,” he says. “We’ll plant what we can plant next week and then, we’ll come in and plant that low spot, I don’t care if it’s June 15. I don’t want that to go to prevent plant or stay unplanted.”

Bosse raises corn, soybeans and wheat in Marshall County, South Dakota.