A big change over the last two weeks

Ang Eitemiller Armour, S.D.
Jun 26, 2024
Jun 26, 2024

The Choteau Creek pasture on Ang Eitemiller’s pasture is underwater after receiving 7.75 inches of rain in less than a week.
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Ang Eitemiller Armour, S.D.

It's amazing how much things can change in just two weeks!

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Ang Eitemiller’s rain gauge shows four inches, all received on June 16.
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Water covers the Eitemiller family’s wheat field.

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Ang Eitemiller’s oldest daughter Sadie Pahl and her husband Grant Pahl get ready to ride out to check cattle.

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Ang Eitemiller farms with her husband, Chet, and his dad, Chuck, in Charles Mix County. They raise Angus-Piedmontese cattle and grow corn, soybeans, wheat and alfalfa, as well as an extensive garden and sweet corn, which they sell from a stand in Wagner.