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• "It doesn't make a crop by any stretch, but it sure does improve your odds, improve your situation," he said.
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No fatalities reported on SD highways over holiday
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- The South Dakota Department of Public Safety says no one was killed on South Dakota highways over the Memorial Day holiday.
• This is the third year in the last four years that the state received no reports of fatalities on South Dakota highways during the holiday weekend. South Dakota highways were fatality-free in 2010 and 2011. One person was killed during the Memorial Day reporting period in 2012.
• Col. Craig Price with the South Dakota Highway Patrol says a fatality-free Memorial Day weekend is a great way to start the summer travel season.
• The holiday weekend was also the start of a summer-long safety campaign to reduce highway crashes and increase safety on South Dakota's roadways.
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Rain limits crop activity for farmers in S. Dakota
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Rain across much of South Dakota limited planting activities for farmers last week.
• The U.S. Department of Agriculture says in its weekly crop report that producers had on average only 2.7 days suitable for fieldwork.
• Winter wheat conditions were rated 35 percent very poor, 29 percent poor, 29 percent fair, 7 percent good and 0 percent excellent.
• Sixty-three percent of cattle were reported as moved to pasture compared to 43 percent the week before.
• Cattle and calf conditions were rated 1 percent very poor, 3 percent poor, 23 percent fair, 60 percent good, and 13 percent excellent.
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Officials hope to limit Missouri River flooding
• OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- After several days of heavy rain across the lower Missouri River basin, the amount of water released into the river is being reduced to help minimize flooding.
• The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it began reducing the amount of water flowing into the river on Sunday because of concerns about flooding downstream.
• Last week, 24,000 cubic feet of water per day was being released from the Gavins Point dam on the South Dakota-Nebraska border. By Wednesday morning, half as much water will be released.
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