Farmers and ranchers are still battling Mother Nature, trying to finish silage harvest. “I’d say we have a nice crop, tonnage has been good, but it’s just getting too dry,” says custom harvester and Lakota, North Dakota farmer Kim Swenson. The rain and snow were relentless during the height of silage season in September and October, making most fields impossible to drive across. “It’s just been an awful fall. We did rig my brother’s manure spreader up for silage, which has been a big help.” In a typical year, Swenson is done chopping by now and back home focusing on corn and soybean harvest. That isn’t the case this year, which is proving to be challenging. Swenson hopes to wrap up silage any day now and switch to earlage. Hear the story.