Much of central and south-central North Dakota has been hit with hailstorms in the past few weeks. Bismarck area farmers have seen as many as three storms in that time. Clark Coleman says the first storm missed his farm by just a few miles, but the next two did some crop damage. “There was 20 percent damage on the soybeans. It ripped the leaves on some corn and wheat maybe 30 to 40 percent damage.” According to Coleman, Tuesday’s storm was smaller but had golf ball to baseball-sized hail. “There’s a little bit more damage. Nothing to the point we won’t be combining, but it’s taking profits straight off the top.”
