Special Report
South Dakota’s traditional Corn Belt still in severe drought
South Dakota Corn Growers Executive Director Lisa Richardson at Commodity Classic, Kissimmee, Fla., Feb. 27, 2013.
Lisa Richardson, the executive director of South Dakota Corn, brings up in conversation the farm bill and the importance of retaining the renewable fuel standard, but also talks in earnest about the drought that touched the state this past year. “Unfortunately, Mother Nature hasn’t been kind to us,” she tells Brownfield Ag News. “Up in the northern part of the state, which had an incredible crop, they also have gotten a significant amount of snow; our southeast corner of our state, which is our traditional Corn Belt, is still in a severe drought.”
AUDIO: Lisa Richardson (3 min. MP3)
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