Corn harvest begins in eastern South Dakota

By Mike Brosnan and Jackie Kleinsasser of Woonsocket, S.D.
Sep 11, 2023
Sep 11, 2023

CW Brosnan 1.jpg — A fourth cutting of alfalfa hay is cut at the Brosnan farm near Woonsocket, S.D.
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By Mike Brosnan and Jackie Kleinsasser of Woonsocket, S.D.

It has been hot-hot-hot. This is not what we ordered for the end of the growing season, but this type of weather really moved the corn along.

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CW Brosnan 2.jpg — Hay bales are moved on the Brosnan farm. The fourth cutting of alfalfa made a little less than a half a ton per acre, some of the nicest hay made without rain, Mike Brosnan said.
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Mike Brosnan raises hay and row crops between Huron and Woonsocket, S.D. He works with his daughter and son-in-law Jackie and Derik Kleinsasser.