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Farmers work on the corn harvest during a snowy day in November. (Luke Hagen / Republic)

AURORA COUNTY It was an above average year in Aurora County.

Corn yields averaged between 180 to 190 bushels per acre, which was 40 to 50 bushels per acre more than last year’s harvest. The soybean harvest is just “a tick behind normal” according to Patrick Meier, location manager of South Dakota Wheat Growers in Stickney.

“It started off a little bit behind, but they are catching right up,” he said.

But even with the slight delay, Meier estimates the soybean harvest is between 80 to 90 percent complete and the average yield around 50 to 55 bushels per acre.

“That’s above average compared to a regular year,” Meier said. “We had timely rain throughout the season, and then the late season rains we had in August really helped out.”

BON HOMME COUNTY Consistent moisture May through August created a difficult planting, growing and harvest season in Bon Homme County.

Mike Salonen, location manager for Central Farmers Coop in Tyndall, said harvest this year has been slow due to the wet ground and flooded fields.

“The grain itself is dry, but the ground is wet,” Salonen said. “That’s going to be the limiting factor now.”

Soybean yields ranged between 40 to 60 bushels per acre, and corn is expected to be well below 200 bushels per acre, both yields varying greatly depending on the condition of the land.

As for the wheat harvest, Salonen said although the quality of protein was good, for the second year in a row the bushels just weren’t there.

With many of the fields in the county still too wet to harvest, Salonen said farmers may have to wait until the ground freezes before collecting the rest of their crops.

“It was tough to get it planted and tough to get it out,” Salonen said.

BRULE COUNTY August rains resulted in an above average corn production for Brule County.

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According to Buffalo-Brule County Farm Service Agency Executive Director Jim Anderson, this year’s corn and soybeans yields varied throughout the county.

Corn yields ranged between 150 to 200 bushels per acre, and soybeans at 30 to 60 bushels per acre.

Anderson said although there were a few pockets by Kimball that stayed dry, much of the county saw good moisture throughout the season.

“The timely moisture made a big difference starting August on in areas,” Anderson said.

The moisture resulted in many farmers raising “some of the best crops” Anderson has seen them raise in years.

“Probably the best corn I’ve seen in southern Brule County,” Anderson said.

Wheat production saw above average yields ranging from 60 to 80 bushels per acre for winter wheat and 35 to 55 for spring wheat.

BUFFALO COUNTY Drier conditions didn’t stop Buffalo County from having an above average harvest.

The eastern part of the county faired better than the west said BuffaloBrule County Farm Service Agency Executive Director Jim Anderson.

“Going east to west, west there’s pockets there that are dry,” Anderson said. “They were drier so their yields were less.”

Corn yields averaged about 100 to 150 bushels per acre and soybeans finished with a range of 20 to 60 bushels per acre. This year was a better year compared to the 2017 harvest, which saw corn yields of 40 to 50 bushels per acre and soybeans yielding only 10 to 15 bushels per acre.

Due to the drier conditions, the county also saw an above average yield for winter wheat.

“The wheat was a good crop,” Anderson said. “Overall, it was an above average year for Buffalo.”

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CHARLES MIX COUNTY Bad field conditions has delayed crop production in Charles Mix County.

With 70 percent of the soybean harvest complete, the yield average is around 60 bushels per acre, congruent with last year’s soybean yield. The corn yield average for the county is about 170 bushels per acre with only 30 percent of the corn production completed, an above average yield for the county.

The above average crop yields were due to the favorable wet conditions according to Wagner County Pride manager Dan Knoll.

“There is a good crop out there, but the field conditions are bad,” Knoll said. “We had rainfalls of 33 inches this year so far.”

DOUGLAS COUNTY A slightly above average year is expected in the Douglas County.

The soybeans yields near Corsica range between 55 to 60 bushels per acre with about 90 percent of the harvest completed according to CHS Farmers Alliance Coop Operations Manager Jay Sandness. This year’s average yield was higher than in 2017, where soybeans yielded an average in the high 40s.

Although Sandness declined to give estimates for average corn yields, he’s expecting it to be an above average yield.

“Corn, we’re just getting going on,” said Sandness. “It’s sounding good.

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Last year the county’s average yield was around 140 bushels per acre, and Sandness estimates this year’s yield will be at least that.

“We had good moisture for the corn,” Sandness said. “The heat units were there, so it was just a favorable year for corn.”

DAVISON COUNTY Timely moisture and an absence of extreme temperatures set Davison County up for an above average season.

Corn yielded between 150 to 240 bushels per acre and soybeans finished at 50 to 70 bushels per acre.

This year, corn production was a bit more variable according to CHS Farmers Alliance General Manager Jim Morken.

“To put a number on it, it’s tough,” Morken said. “Most of the producers are telling us that both the corn and bean yields are better than average, and overall they’re feeling like they’re very pleased this year.”

Both corn and soybean production was slow in early October due to wet weather, but Morken said the season is quickly wrapping up.

While last year many pockets in the county were too dry, this year fields received timely moisture and seasonal temperatures.

“In Davison County I would call it basically the right amount of moisture this year,” Morken said. “It was kind of a strange year, wet in April, warm in May.”

GREGORY COUNTY Wet fields made way for a challenging harvest season for Gregory County.

Moisture throughout the harvest season has made it difficult for growers to get crops out of the field according to Gregory County Farm Service Agency Executive Director Mary Jane West.

In 2018, the soybean yields averaged around 60 bushels per acre. West

declined to give estimates for average corn yields saying corn production was only about 40 to 50 percent complete.

“Yields have been fairly good,” West said. “They’re still sighting a lot of wet spots in areas so they’re harvesting what they can and probably hoping to go back and get the rest later.”

This year the wheat crop yielded about 70 bushels per acre.

Even with few corn yields reported, West expects this year’s corn and soybean yields to be about average by the end of harvest.

“We have some good moisture this year so they had to fight to get it planted, and now they are fighting to get it harvested.”

HANSON COUNTY Wet field conditions proved to be a challenge for corn and soybean production in Hanson County.

“The weather has been tough with all the rain, (it) makes it hard to harvest and fields muddy,” South Dakota State University Extension Crops Business Management Field Specialist Jack Davis said.

Many producers were disappointed with the soybean yield as it came out “not what was expected.” Still, soybean yields are expected to finish about average.

While Davis was reluctant to estimate yields for both soybeans and corn due to the variation throughout the county, he did say the lower than expected yields for soybeans was caused by the late season moisture the county experienced.

“The moisture that has hurt the soybean yield has come since it matured, and it’s been hard to get it harvested in a timely manner,” Davis said.

Like many counties in the area, Hanson County’s corn harvest is a little behind the rest of the nation due to the amount of moisture, but Davis said corn yields are expected to be above average.

The wheat crop suffered greatly this year as high temperatures experienced in May caused the crop to mature too fast.

HUTCHINSON COUNTY Heavy moisture has drastically prolonged harvest season in the Hutchinson County area, but farmers are marching through.

Despite the weather woes, soybean harvest is nearing its end, as the crop is roughly 90 percent harvested, according to Lance Thury, manager at Parkston Grain & Feed.

“It’s been a long harvest, that’s for sure,” Thury said.

As for corn, Thury said farmers are roughly 30 to 40 percent done with harvesting the crop.

Soybeans have yielded slightly lower than expected at 45 to 50 bushels per acre, while corn is averaging around 180 bushels per acre, according to Thury.

The Parkston area was hit hard with rain all summer, but a September rain shower added significant challenge for area agriculture producers.

“That 5 inches of rain we got in September really hurt the crops, and I’ve heard some of our customers are driving through standing water, which is something some of them haven’t experienced before,” Thury said.

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JONES COUNTY Spotty hail storms are taking their toll on Jones County area farmers this harvest season.

Some area agriculture producers have lost sections of their crops in the spurts of hail that struck the area, causing yields to drop in both corn and soybeans.

Soybeans have been seeing average yields come in around 45 bushels per acre, while corn has seen an abnormally low average of 145 to 150 bushels per acre, according to Don McManus, county executive director at the Farm Service Agency in Lyman County.

“Aside from the weather issues, farmers are clipping along pretty well,” he said.

McManus said roughly 85 percent of corn is harvested, while soybeans are wrapping up at 95 percent harvested.

JERAULD COUNTY The heavy moisture Jerauld County experienced this year has harvest season in the Southern part of the county looking much different than that of the North.

While corn harvest has been slow moving compared to previous years given the spotty fall rain showers, Jerauld County USDA Farm Service Agency Executive Director Kathy Torres said farmers have managed to harvest roughly 85 percent of the area’s corn thus far.

“Farmers in the northern part of the county have been enjoying a better harvest, given the drier conditions than that of what the South is dealing with,” Torres said.

Average yields for soybeans are hovering around 65 bushels per acre, while corn yields are staying strong with an average around 210 bushels per acre, according to Torres.

“Soybeans are almost completely done, sitting at 90 to 95 percent harvested,” she said. “Spirits are pretty high among our farmers for this year’s harvest, and rightfully so.”

Soybeans in a field west of Letcher. (Republic file photo)

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LYMAN COUNTY

While steady moisture has prolonged harvest season in Lyman County, spouts of fall hail have added another challenge for farmers.

According to Don McManus, county executive director at the Farm Service Agency in Lyman County, soybeans have taken a hit in the area with yields averaging 40 to 45 bushels per acre.

Corn yields are also facing lower averages in the area compared to previous years.

“Hail has hurt both beans and corn in our area, but farmers are McManus said corn is coming in at 150 bushels per acre, but he hopes dry conditions will allow for some yield improvements with the few weeks left of corn harvest.

While soybeans are almost harvested at 95 percent, corn is off to a slower start given the spotty moisture and cooler days during this year’s harvest season, according to McManus.

MCCOOK COUNTY

Steady rainfall has harvest season moving slower in the McCook Country area, especially for corn.

While corn harvest is in the early stages, a mid-October dry spell has helped farmers get most of their soybeans harvested.

According to Arthur Mueller, agronomist at Central Farmers Cooperative in Bridgewater, soybeans are hovering between 40 and 60 bushels per acre, while the little amount of harvested corn has seen yields come in around 180 to 190 bushels per acre.

“The crops are timely matured, but the odd snow and rain we had last month has held things up in the fields,” Mueller said.

Drown out areas in the fields are posing an additional challenge to McCook County farmers during this year’s harvest.

“The drown out areas are the biggest issues in our area this year, and I believe there will be some crops that farmers won’t even be able to get to because of them,” Mueller said.

The wet conditions have added a serious challenge for this year’s harvest, but Mueller said famers are marching through the best they can.

“Some farmers are having to fight through mud in the wet fields in order to get the most out of their crops,” he said.

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MINER COUNTY

Like much of the southeastern part of the state, the steady moisture has Miner County area farmers behind in corn harvest.

However, area farmers took advantage of the mid-October dry spell, allowing for soybeans to be completely harvested in Miner County, according to Canova Central Farmers Cooperative manager Terry Kampshoff.

While soybean harvest is wrapping up, the recent rainfall has agriculture producers lagging behind for harvesting corn, which Kampshoff said is 65 percent harvested.

“We are about 65 percent complete with corn harvest, and the wet fields are the main issue for the slow corn harvest,” Rainfall worked its way back into the Miner County area toward the end of October into early November, which Kampshoff said drastically affected the progress of corn harvest.

“We would probably be about 90 percent done with corn harvest, if it weren’t for the week of rainfall we got earlier this month,” he added.

Kampshoff said yields have remained fair, with soybeans averaging around 55 bushels per acre, while corn is yielding around 180 bushels per acre.

SANBORN COUNTY

While much of the southeastern parts of the state have been experiencing a wet harvest, Sanborn County hasn’t been affected by weather woes as much as the surrounding areas have.

Given the dryer conditions, Sanborn County area farmers are seeing nice yields in both soybeans and corn.

According to Kathy Torres, executive director of Sanborn County Farm Service Agency, soybeans are 95 percent harvested, while corn is roughly 85 percent harvested.

“Some areas are doing better than others, but overall yields are doing pretty well,” Torres said.

Area corn producers have been seeing yields hover around 220 to 230 bushels per acre, while soybeans are averaging yields around 70 bushels per acre, according to Torres.

“We haven’t had as much rain as the southeastern part of the state, so the farmers are feeling pretty good around here this year,” she said. 

Farmers work on the corn harvest during a snowy day in November. (Luke Hagen / Republic)

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Trade team from Taiwan tours SD swine and corn facilities and farms

By Laura Butterbrodt For South Dakota Farm & Ranch

Yao-Ching Hsieh takes a photo of the automated systems used in the Swine Education and Research Facility during a tour.

Photo Credit: Laura Butterbrodt

F

ive members of a trade team from Taiwan visited South Dakota and Minnesota farm and agricultural facilities October 18-20. The trade team, accompanied by two members of the U.S. Grains Council, visited the Swine Education and Research Facility at South Dakota State University on the morning of Oct. 19.

Bob Thaler, swine specialist for SDSU Extension, gave a presentation to the Taiwanese guests regarding South Dakota pork production and current uses of distiller’s dried grains with solubles (DDGS).

Michael Lu, director of the Taiwan office of the U.S. Grains Council, said DDGS are something he and the trade team members are hoping to change the attitude about.

“In Taiwan we use less DDGS in the hog formulas, but here they say it would be safe to use up to 40 percent,” Lu said. “And in Taiwan I think right now it’s less than five percent inclusion rate.”

Lu said they hope to increase the inclusion rate of the DDGS by increasing imports and want to learn more about its nutritional value.

Taiwan currently imports between 200,000 and 250,000 metric tons of DDGS annually. South Dakota exported 2.1 million metric tons of DDGS in 2017.

The trade team was comprised of Yao-Ching Hsieh, director of the Taiwan Council of Agriculture; Kuan-Jen Chen, manager of Ye Cherng Industrial Products Co.; Mei-Ying Huang, senior manager of Great Wall Enterprise Co., Ltd.; Te-Ling Yang, senior supervisor at FoodChina Company; and Su-Ling Chang, purchasing specialist at Charoen Pokphand Enterprise (Taiwan) Co., Ltd. U.S Grains Council’s Tim Tierney, regional director of strategic marketing of ethanol for North Asia, also joined them.

The Taiwanese trade team also visited South Dakota farms, an ethanol plant and a grain distillery during their three-day visit, before heading to Minneapolis, Minn. for the Export Exchange conference.

Lu said he was impressed by the efficiency that automation brought to small, family-run farms and the disease prevention taken by South Dakota hog farmers. He also appreciated the hospitality he and the team received from their hosts, which in one case even included a homegrown pork chop meal.

Bob Thaler, swine specialist for SDSU Extension, delivered two presentations about the swine industry and the DDGS to the Tiawanese trade team before giving them a tour of the facility.

Photo Credit: Laura Butterbrodt

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Trade team and U.S. Grains representative attend a presentation at SDSU Swine Education and Research Facility. Row 1, Su-Ling Chang, Yao-Ching Hsieh, Michael Lu, Tim Tierney; Row 2: Kuan-Jen Chen, Mei Ying Huang, Te-Ling Yang; Row 3: Randy Hascall.

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CONTINUED FROM: Page 13 “I feel very touched that we are strangers but they treat us very well,” Lu said.

Taiwan imports 27 percent of its pork—86,000 metric tons—and nearly 80 percent of its corn from the United States. In the 2017-18 marketing year, Taiwan was the sixth-largest importer of U.S. corn, at 2.4 metric tons.

“It’s become a real global market now,” said Randy Hascall, senior writer for SD Corn. “We’re really reliant on dealing with other countries because in that global market, we need all the access we can to try to increase our exports and help the farmers around here.”

Tariffs have had an impact on U.S. exports, especially pork and soybeans. Many countries have cut back on pork, and China stopped buying soybeans from the U.S. altogether in early May. However, corn exports may not follow that same fate.

Yields are set to see an all-time high this year. Last year, 231 million of the 737 million bushels of corn South Dakota grew were exported.

“It is essential for us to strengthen the bonds between suppliers and partner countries, and the connections made at this crucial event will not only help propel our industry this year, but for years to come,” U.S. Grains Council CEO Tom Sleight said in a news release.

Although international trade is crucial to South Dakota agriculture, Thaler insists the relationship between the South Dakota swine industry and local support industries is just as important as the relationship with international trade.

Allied industries such as feel mills and stainless steel manufacturers are crucial to the swine industry, Thaler said, and contribute to the growth it has seen.

These support industries also create jobs for rural communities, including SD Industries in Alexandria, MDS Manufacturing in Parkston and Parkston-Kaylor Grain and Feed.

“It’s more than just barns. It’s all the other jobs that come in with that community,” Thaler said. “You don’t have to work in a pig barn to be involved in the livestock industry.” 

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Su-Ling Chang observes the SDSU-raised hogs in the Swine Education and Research Facility during a tour given by Bob Thaler. Photo Credit: Laura Butterbrodt

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