Over these past couple of weeks, farmers in southeastern South Dakota have been wrapping up the 2026 planting season, but the Mockler farm has remained busy.
Soybeans on the Mockler farm needed to be replanted after a severe storm that brought 2 inches of rain, high winds and tornado warnings to the Centerville, S.D., area May 31.
Corn on the Mockler farm was damaged by spring storms, as seen in this June 1 photo, but a week later it had recovered.
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Corn recovered and was growing strong on the Mockler farm near Centerville, S.D., a week after a damaging thunderstorm.Â
Kylie Mockler is a student at South Dakota State University where she studies ag leadership and ag communications while being involved Little International and as an ambassador for the College of Agriculture, among other groups. She reports from her family farm near Centerville, South Dakota, where extended family works together to raise corn, soybeans, alfalfa cattle and sheep.
