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Groton Daily Independent
Sunday, Nov. 09, 2017 ~ Vol. 25 - No. 119 ~ 14 of 34
“I’ve been for the conservation ever since I started farming” in 1984, he said. “The rest of the farm that isn’t terraced, I farm on the contour. We also are minimal till to no till — no till mostly.”
In addition, he plants a cereal rye cover crop after harvest. Along with stopping erosion, cover crops help control weeds.
Messingham acknowledged not everyone farming on hilly land will go through the expense of terracing, which also has the potential of reducing crop yields since not as many acres can be planted in a eld. He suggested those farmers may use some of the other methods to slow erosion or keep nitrogen in fertilizers out of waterways.
“I truly think everybody is working toward the conservation end of it,” he said. “The Jacksons just went a little further.”
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Information from: Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, http://www.wcfcourier.com
SD Lottery
By The Associated Press
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) _ These South Dakota lotteries were drawn Saturday:
Dakota Cash
05-24-26-31-35
( ve, twenty-four, twenty-six, thirty-one, thirty- ve) Estimated jackpot: $36,000
Mega Millions
Estimated jackpot: $59 million
Powerball
12-14-26-48-51, Powerball: 13, Power Play: 3
(twelve, fourteen, twenty-six, forty-eight, fty-one; Powerball: thirteen; Power Play: three) Estimated jackpot: $64 million
Saturday’s Scores By The Associated Press
Volleyball
Mitchell def. Huron, 25-21, 19-25, 29-31, 25-23, 25-23
South Dakota State takes down North Dakota State 33-21
BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) — Taryn Christion threw for 329 yards and two touchdowns and ran for another score as South Dakota State handed North Dakota State its rst loss of the season, 33-21, on Saturday in a clash of two top-10 FCS teams.
Christion threw touchdown passes to Dallas Goedert, who had 116 yards receiving on seven catches, and Jacob Brown. Jake Wieneke had two catches for 59 yards that moved him past Jerry Rice and into third place all-time in FCS receiving yards at 4,730.
Mikey Daniel’s 5-yard run and Chase Vinatieri’s second eld goal of the game gave the Jackrabbits (7-2, 3-2 Missouri Valley Conference) a 27-14 lead after three quarters. Easton Stick’s 11-yard run, coming two plays after a Jackrabbits fumble, cut the lead to 27-21 early in the fourth quarter but Goedert’s 19-yard TD grab capped a nearly seven-minute drive to give South Dakota State insurance with 7:06 left.
Stick threw for 229 yards and two touchdowns but also threw three interceptions. NDSU also lost two