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last year's pace of 95 percent and the average of 49 percent. Winter wheat conditions were rated 37 percent very poor, 19 percent poor, 32 percent fair, 12 percent good and 0 percent excellent.
• Ninety percent of cattle were reported as moved to pasture compared to 84 percent the week before.
• Pasture and range conditions rated 1 percent very poor, 11 percent poor, 30 percent fair, 47 percent good and 11 percent excellent.
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• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- A new survey shows that more than 100,000 people in South Dakota do not always know where their next meal will come from.
• The findings from "Map the Meal Gap" by Feeding America show than 12.5 percent of the population in the state struggle with hunger.
• Of the more than 100,000 people in the state who do not always know where they will get their next meal, more than 36,000 of those are children.
• The study shows that 60 percent of children at risk of hunger in South Dakota are eligible for nutrition programs like free or reduced-price school lunch or breakfast.
• Feeding South Dakota executive director Matt Gassen says hunger is a reality in every South Dakota community.
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• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota officials say people should realize that wildfires could still break out despite the recent rain.
• Jim Strain, assistant operations chief for the South Dakota Wildland Fire Division, says South Dakota has received rain and vegetation is beginning to turn green. But he says trees are still ready to burn because they continue to suffer from the effects of last year's drought.
• Strain says South Dakota residents should remember that grass and shrubs can dry out quickly and pose a fire hazard. He says dead vegetation from last year can also easily catch fire.
• The Wildland Fire Division responded to two small fires caused by lightning in the Black Hills over the weekend.
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