Cool, Wet Spring Means Harvest Delays

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Story Created: Jul 26, 2009 at 1:08 PM CST

Story Updated: Jul 26, 2009 at 1:08 PM CST

Experts say crop development has been good despite weather that hasn't always cooperated with South Dakota farmers' wishes this growing season.

Extension educator Mark Rosenberg of Spink County says crops are developing "surprisingly well" despite unseasonably cool, wet weather.

The 2009 harvest has been pushed back as farmers wait to see what their acres will produce.

Dennis Todey of Brookings, South Dakota's state climatologist, says warmer weather will push things along but that there's not much catching up at this time of year.

He says cool temperatures delay crop maturity and put crops at risk for an early freeze.

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