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Farmers Market Affected By Wet, Cold Spring

Victoria Wicks

South Dakota farmers have suffered some weird weather this year, with late snows, a cold spring, and lots of rain. The weather has affected not only major crops but also produce from truck farms that supply the state's farmers markets.

The Black Hills market in Rapid City has lots of produce now, but much of it arrived late, and some crops failed completely.

SDPB's Victoria Wicks talks with a couple of producers to find out how they fared.

Credit Victoria Wicks
Carlton Peterson, left, sells produce at the Black Hills Farmers Market that he grows at Box Elder and in Lyman County.

Rapid City freelancer Victoria L. Wicks has been producing news for SDPB since August 2007. She Retired from this position in March 2023.