Moisture Levels: ‘We’re Full’

The cool and wet weather in the third week of May created some challenges near Bowdon, North Dakota. David Fike says his crops were off to a good start before conditions turned. “That cold, wet week or ten days we had was pretty hard on the stands,” said Fike. “We haven’t [replanted]. It’s so late that it’s just kind of showing up now and it is what it is at this point.” The crop doesn’t need an immediate shot of rain. “It just went from pretty much ideal conditions, but now we’re full. We don’t need any moisture for a while.”