With all the hailstorms hitting the tri-state area in recent weeks, Bismarck farmer Byron Richard considers himself lucky to have avoided any damage to his crops. “We dodged it pretty good ourselves, but to the south, the neighbors got it pretty bad.” Richard said his crops could use rain. “We need the moisture right now for our row crops, but if we catch a rain and get hail with it, I’m not so sure we’ll be better off.”
