Dry weather cuts hay yields, pushes cattle off pastures early in South Dakota

Drought is taking a toll on hay and forages in the Northern Plains. Kevin Deinert grows, corn, soybeans, and forage crops for their family cow-calf and feedlot operation near Mitchell in south-central South Dakota. “Pastures are going backwards fast, a lot of cattle coming off of grass early or having to be fed early. So […]

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