Get started early: SD Soybean’s annual gathering gives farmers head start on 2024 crop

SD Soybean’s annual gathering gives farmers head start on 2024 crop

Janelle Atyeo
Nov 30, 2023
Nov 30, 2023

CW Brosnan 4.JPG — Soybeans were looking healthy in Sanborn County, South Dakota, in early July.
Submitted photo

The 2023 soybean crop is tucked away in the bin, but it’s not too early to start planning for the next crop.

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Janelle Atyeo is a small town South Dakota girl enjoying her work as regional editor of the Midwest Messenger and Tri-State Neighbor while raising kids and no-till vegetables in central Sioux Falls. Reach her at janelle.atyeo@lee.net.