Week of snow and rain hampers fieldwork in South Dakota

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - Snow and rain in South Dakota over the past week has hampered spring fieldwork.

The Agriculture Department says in its weekly crop report that fewer than two days were suitable for fieldwork. The planting of corn, soybeans, spring wheat, oats and barley is behind last year’s pace.

However, both topsoil and subsoil moisture across South Dakota is benefiting, as both are rated mostly adequate to surplus.

Pasture and range conditions are rated 74 percent good to excellent, and stock water supplies are 90 percent adequate to surplus.