This week the South Dakota Department of Agriculture picked two South Dakota producers to receive hay donated through the tri-state hay lottery. In order to be eligible, producers had to apply by Aug. 31, 2017, be from a D2, D3, or D4 or fire-affected county and own at least 25 animal unit equivalents of livestock.
The hay lottery was organized by the North Dakota Department of Agriculture and North Dakota State University, in partnership with the SDDA and the Montana Department of Agriculture, to help producers affected by drought and wildfires in North Dakota, South Dakota and Montana. Ag Community Relief, a Michigan organization, arranged the large-scale hay donation convoy to North Dakota.