Pierre-South Dakota farmers who have been struggling with fertilizing their fields because of unseasonably wet soil conditions are getting a break from the state. Gov. Mike Rounds has signed an executive order temporarily lifting transportation restrictions on over-width commercial applicators. The action by Rounds allows fertilizer applicators that don’t exceed 12 feet to operate during nighttime hours from April 22 until May 31. The temporary regulation change excludes the Memorial Day travel period ?Çô from sundown on Friday, May 22, through midnight on Monday, May 25. To legally operate during nighttime hours, fertilizer application vehicles must be equipped with flashing or rotating amber or white lights at the widest extremities of the vehicles. Rounds signed the order April 22, temporarily lifting the regulation to enable farmers to adequately fertilize fields.
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