The derecho that swept through the Dakotas and Minnesota May 15th spread debris and damage throughout the region. Salem, South Dakota farmer Dawn Scheier was forced to replant all but one field. Scheier is now dealing with a shortage of grain bins during harvest. “We could be done with harvest if we had grain storage. We could actually be harvesting today, but we have to wait for two more bins to be built to put our corn harvest in.” Scheier says they’re in a race against time. “We’re worried corn may start dropping ears or going down, but that’s more so our south fields that got hit by hail. Hopefully, the yields improve the further north we go.”
