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• The blizzard also killed more than 1,000 cattle in southwestern North Dakota. Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring said in a statement that ranchers who need help applying for disaster aid can contact the North Dakota Mediation Service for assistance. He urged producers to make sure they have the proper records documenting their losses.
• "Your local Farm Service Agency county office can tell you what records they will need," he said. "You should also schedule an appointment beforehand with the county office."
• Industry-led relief funds have raised more than $5 million for affected South Dakota ranchers and $163,000 for producers in North Dakota. Officials say government help is also needed.
• Scott Komes, who ranches near Union Center in western South Dakota, told the Tribune that he might receive about $100,000 in federal aid -- enough to buy about 50 replacement cows. That would put him back to where he was six months ago, though he has missed out on a calf crop in the meantime, he said.
• "I think the values will work, but like any disaster program, they never become whole," he said.
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Spring wheat, barley seeding behind average in SD
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Planting of spring wheat and barley is lagging behind the average pace in South Dakota.
• The Agriculture Department says in its weekly crop and weather report that 6 percent of the state's spring wheat crop is in the ground, compared to 22 percent on average. Only 1 percent of barley is seeded, behind the long-term average of 13 percent. Seeding of oats is equal to the average pace, with 23 percent planted.
• Soil moisture is good across the state, with topsoil supplies rated 84 percent adequate to surplus and subsoil supplies rated 85 percent in those categories.
• Most South Dakota ranchers reported good calving conditions over the week. Cattle and calf conditions are rated 67 percent good to excellent.
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Sioux Falls and Aberdeen see record-cold temps
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Record cold gripped parts of South Dakota early Tuesday.
• The National Weather Service reports that both Sioux Falls and Aberdeen set record-low temperatures for April 15. The temperature dropped to 11 degrees in Sioux Falls, breaking the city's 1962 record of 19 degrees. Aberdeen saw 8 degrees, (Continued on page 23)
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