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South Dakota producer says snow is needed
A South Dakota cow-calf producer says she hopes the winter storm moving across the region rebuilds water supplies.
Marcia Bunger tells Brownfield, “We do need that snow.” “We have stock ponds that need to be regenerated because, while we didn’t have to haul water for the first time in three years, we might have to if we don’t get that much needed snow,” she shares.
Bunger says their crop yields this fall were unexpected given the fact eastern South Dakota has been in at least a moderate drought for more than a year.
“We had a decent harvest, I think we were maybe surprised because in June it got terribly hot and windy and dry,” she shares.
Bunger and her husband have a 200-head cow-calf operation and farm 1,200 acres in Spencer. She is also serving as USDA’s Risk Management Agency Administrator.