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Sorghum condition in South Dakota, week ending Aug. 9, 2026
The U.S. Department of Agriculture rated 28% of South Dakota's sorghum poor for the week ending Aug. 9, 2026.
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For the week ending Aug. 9, 2026, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service rated South Dakota's sorghum as follows:
- excellent — 4%
- good — 23%
- fair — 20%
- poor — 28%
- very poor — 25
These are the percentages USDA published. 605Buzz does not add them together, compare them with an earlier week, or characterise them as an improvement or a decline — the rating is the agency's, and what it means for a given operation is not something a public record states.
The reading is filed under the 2026 marketing year, which is the crop year being grown rather than the calendar year the reading was taken in.
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