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Drought effects contrast between East and West River South Dakota.That’s according to State Climatologist Dennis Todey ...
An amendment to the Water Resources Development Act now moving through Congress would prohibit the Corps of Engineers from ch...
Growth Energy and the Renewable Fuels Association have filed a complaint with the General Court in Luxembourg challenging the...
The House Agriculture committee worked into the wee hours of the night in approving their version of the 2013 farm bill.South...
The Corps of Engineers is operating the Missouri River reservoir system in drought conservation mode, and does not expect muc...
Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley is preparing an amendment for floor consideration that would restrict the Environmental Protectio...
A recently published study shows U.S. distillers continuing to increase yields while at the same time reducing energy and wat...
Time is running out at the Iowa statehouse to extend a state tax break which makes ethanol-blended gasoline cheaper than pure...
One phase of construction on Gavins Point Dam on the Missouri River has been completed, with more continuing into next year. ...
The Senate Ag Committee has approved their version of the 2013 farm bill.Frances Fritz, President of the South Dakota Associa...
The drought of 2012 is continuing in West River South Dakota where lots of cattle are going to market.State Stock Grower&rsqu...
There have been a few watches, but no tornadoes have touched down in Iowa this year. In fact, it's been almost a full yea...
Last week the Senate approved Nebraskas Senator Deb Fischer’s amendment to the Water Resources Development Act Legislat...
Several Agricultural and Conservation groups came together recently to compromise and ask for support of tying conservation c...
Fungicide applications are being advised with the delayed planting season and cool wet soil conditions.BASF Technical Service...
Iowa farmers who wish to hay or graze their cover crops after May 10 need to check with their crop insurance provider.That&rs...
This week, 30 Growth Energy members are in the nation’s capital talking to members of Congress about the importance of ...
The changes in the wind industry are apparent at this week’s meeting of the American Wind Energy Association in Chicago...
The National Association of Conservation Districts has joined a coalition of agricultural and environmental groups asking the...
The South Dakota Department of Transportation says work has resumed from Vermillion to Gayville on the Highway 50 westbound l...
A water conference at the University of Nebraska Lincoln is focusing on the impacts of last year’s drought, how it comp...
Iowa Ag Secretary Bill Northey says after this blast of wintry weather, Iowa farmers will have to wait until their fields dry...
Thursday, the Wheat Quality Council’s Hard Red Winter Wheat Tour in Kansas wrapped up with officials estimating a total...
A report by Iowa State University economics professor, Bruce Babcock, finds government incentives to help farmers pay for cro...
A report from the US Geological Survey indicated much more oil and gas may be available from an underground structure that ex...
A group of U.S. Senators have written the Acting U.S. Trade Representative and Acting Secretary of Commerce asking them to re...
Iowa legislators are meeting in conference committee to iron out differences between House and senate versions of the nutrien...
South Dakota’s winter wheat crop may be a near disaster this year.AgriPro Agronomist Clair Stymiest says much of the cr...
Southeastern Electric, based in Marion, is still working to recover from an early April ice and snow storm. The ice downed a ...
The American Coalition for Ethanol submitted comments to the House Energy and Commerce Committee supporting the Renewable Fue...
An assessment on just how severely climate change might affect Nebraska agriculture will be completed by the end of next year...
The National Corn Growers Association is pleased a Northern California District Judge has dismissed a lawsuit against the Env...
Nebraska Legislators are debating LB 407, the State Aid to Education Bill. Nebraska Farm Bureau is supporting the measure alt...
Producers are confused about EPA’s Oil Spill Prevention and Counter Control Measure Rules. The Continuing Resolution pa...
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association has filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court seeking to overturn a DC Cir...
Quinn area ranchers Pat and Mary Lou Guptil have been named South Dakota’s Leopold Conservation Award winners for 2013....
The Yankton City Commission agreed to give twelve acres of public land near the Missouri River to the National Field Archery ...
Planting has been delayed with the cold, wet weather, but farmers still have time to get the crop planted without yield loss....
With Earth Day in mind, Check off funded research from the National Pork Board shows producers reducing the nation’s ca...
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator nominee Gina McCarthy recently said she’d like to improve relations betwe...
A new report released this week from environmental groups says the Keystone XL pipeline if approved and built, would be respo...
This week, the Environmental Working Group issued a report claiming that antibiotic use in food animals is the main cause for...
Crews are working to rebuild storm damaged sections of Sioux Valley Energy’s service area, to the north and east of Sio...
Electric crews are battling a combination of freezing rain, sleet and toppling trees to keep the power on.Southeastern Electr...
Farm Rescue founder Bill Gross has now also established the Farm Rescue Foundation.He says where Farm Rescue helps families p...
Nebraska Senator Deb Fischer is asking the Environmental Protection Agency to explain why they released personal information ...
The Iowa Renewable Fuels Association has submitted comments to the U.S House Energy and Commerce Committee regarding the so c...
Meat-packing giant Tyson Foods is agreeing to pay a near-four-million-dollar federal civil penalty for the mishandling of che...
As tourism officials prepare for what they hope is a busy 2013 travel season, there are some clouds on the horizon.South Dako...
The Corps of Engineers will begin their spring water management public meetings in the Missouri River basin next week.Jody Fa...
South Dakota recorded 60 animal rabies cases in 2012, up from 40 the previous year. 16 of those were in cattle, 3 horses, 2 c...
South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard is appointing Lucas Lentsch of Pierre to replace Walt Bones as Secretary of Agriculture...
Biodiesel sales in Iowa have more than tripled over the last two years.Iowa Renewable Fuels Association Executive Director Mo...
Nearly half of Nebraska's winter wheat crop is rated poor to very poor, with only 10 percent in good condition.State Whea...
While Nebraska recorded its first tornado of the year last weekend in the panhandle, the severe storm season has been slow to...
NRCS officials say tillage may be the worst thing now for South Dakota’s soils.NRCS Conservation Agronomist Eric Barsne...
Irrigation permit applications are on the rise in South Dakota.DENR Water Rights Administrator Ron Duvall says 335 applicatio...
Land Steward Ship project members are hailing the signing of the continuing resolution as resurrecting the Conservation Stewa...
Thursday’s USDA planting intentions report shows Nebraska’s farmers intend to plant 9.9 million acres of corn dow...
South Dakota Senator Tim Johnson, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, held a field hearin...
USDA Undersecretary for Rural Development and South Dakota native Dallas Tonsager is leaving his position at the department o...
The nation's dairy and pork producers have teamed up with a new program to combat animal activism and undercover videos.T...
New analysis conducted by Informa Economics shows that the Renewable Fuel Standard and its associated RINS credits have not p...
Years of sediment and debris build up are causing problems for the James River where it empties into the Missouri River near ...
Last week the White House notified Congress of plans to start trade discussions with the European Union.E.U. leaders are sayi...
Last week was a busy one for Public Lands Council and NCBA involved with cases at the U.S. Supreme Court.PLC and NCBA filed a...
South Dakota legislators return to Pierre Monday with Wind Energy officials hoping the Governor will sign an economic develop...
Wednesday, renewable fuel supporters responded to the latest attack by the American Petroleum Institute charging that the RFS...
Agricultural groups are gearing up for a possible fight over attempts by some in Congress to pass a carbon tax. Behind that p...
Agricultural groups are gearing up for a possible fight over attempts by some in Congress to pass a carbon tax. Behind that p...
National Agriculture Week is a great time for farmers to tell their story and redefine their industry brand. That’s acc...
The Corps of Engineers tested all the spillway gates at Gavins Point Dam on the Missouri River near Yankton last week as repa...
An Iowa native who's become an expert on "sea ice" says the Arctic could be ice-free "within a decade.&quo...
Nebraska Farm Bureau members are participating in an Ag Week Tour today along with Governor Dave Heineman and state legislato...
A texting while driving ban was debated, and defeated by this year’s legislature. Lawmakers did pass a bill banning you...
Even with projected increases in releases from dams in North Dakota, chances of flooding along the James River in South Dakot...
SDSU researchers on working on developing drought tolerant spring wheat.Associate professor of plant science Karl Glover says...
Nebraska's rural communities continue to lose population, while its metro areas continue to grow.David Drozd with the Uni...
20 Minnesota Farm Bureau members are in Washington D.C. this week meeting with members of Congress and various federal agenci...
Senators Max Baucus and Orrin Hatch have introduced legislation to extend tax breaks to those who donate conservation easemen...
A study of the effects of crop insurance in 2012 for producers in South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa and Wyoming showed net dollars...
Over 50 members of the American Coalition for Ethanol from ten states are in the nation’s capital this week speaking wi...
Governor’s taking part in the Governor’s Biofuels Coalition meeting in Sioux Falls are sending a letter to member...
Whole Foods Market is the first retailer in the United States to require labeling of all genetically modified foods sold in i...
Drought conditions have not changed much across the northern plains in the last few months, and that continues to translate i...
The Yankton City Commission got an update last night on water supply and treatment options. Declining river levels and aging ...
Water releases from Gavins Point Dam on the Missouri River will be ramped up and down several times today as engineers do mor...
The latest round of wintry weather to hit the region may indicate that we are entering a more active phase that could transla...
Even though we are in the last couple of weeks of winter, planning is underway for the spring and summer storm season. Classe...
The U.S. Meat industry is very concerned over the possibility of stoppage of production at packing plants across the country ...
The Corps of Engineers will again be working on sand bars in the Missouri River this year. There is a draft environmental ass...
Agricultural groups are weighing in on the nomination of Gina McCarthy to head the Environmental Protection Agency. Crop Life...
Growers in the western corn belt had increased concerns about herbicide carryover going into the winter with such dry conditi...
Minnesota Farmers Union is not supporting companion measures introduced in the state house and senate calling for mandatory l...
Recently former USDA Deputy Secretary Jim Moseley said conservation compliance should be tied in with crop insurance.NACD Pre...
If an agreement is not reached by Friday there will be huge federal spending cuts across the board. Nebraska U-S Senator Deb ...
Iowa Soybean Association leaders and officials are working with State Ag Secretary Bill Northey on his nutrient management st...
Camelina, a drought tolerant crop that’s popular in the plains states has received EPA approval under the RFS as a biod...
Agriculture is in the best position to effect climate change policy and legislation. That’s according to NFU’s Vi...
Whether the drought continues or not, Iowa farmers will soon be able to check soil moisture levels at a dozen key spots state...
Corn growers will join Soybean, Wheat and Sorghum producers at Commodity Classic this week in Florida. NCGA’s biotech c...
A new report from the Center for Rural Affairs (in Lyons Nebraska) finds that expanding the electric transmission grid is key...
A Colorado Congressman is sponsoring legislation to mandate the national labeling of food containing genetically modified org...
Tuesday, the European Commission imposed an $ 83.03 per metric ton tariff on U.S. ethanol entering the European Union. Re...
A new study conducted by SDSU researchers and published in the National Academy of Sciences of the United States shows a loss...
An Iowa Department of Natural Resources hydrologist predicts the ongoing drought will lead to some mandatory water rationing ...
CHS’s recently announced plans to build a fertilizer plant in North Dakota are indicative of a return of the fertilizer...
Firefighters from across the state traveled to Des Moines to pick up hundreds of free smoke alarms.State Fire Marshal Ray Rey...
The Corps of Engineers is planning on anavigation seasonfor the Missouri River, but river levels will be low, and the season ...
Weather conditions in the Missouri River basin will probably continue to be mostly dry in the weeks and months ahead.That was...
Interim Risk Management Agency Director Brandon Willis told crop insurers at their annual meeting this week that he wants to ...
House Energy Committee members from Utah and Mississippi have introduced legislation to kill the future development of next g...
House Energy Committee members from Utah and Mississippi have introduced legislation to kill the future development of next g...
The Lower Brule Sioux Tribe has made a proposal that would allow them to build a casino on land they own near Oacoma near I 9...
Top level EPA Region 7 officials met this week with Iowa environmental groupsto talk about progress being made by the Iowa De...
Two incidents in the last two weeks on Clear Lake as well as the deaths of two people over the weekend on a Minnesota lake ar...
AGP has shut down the operations at its corn processing plant in Hastings, Nebraska effective February 1.Senior Director of C...
Iowa Citizens For Community Improvement members, the Environmental Integrity Project and Iowa Sierra Club are meeting tonight...
NFO members are concerned about the drought of 2012 persisting into this year.NFO Senior Grain Marketing Analyst Pete Lorenz,...
The Yankton City Commission last night approved an agreement with the South Dakota Department of Transportation as part of th...
The Renewable Fuels Association says Fridays U.S. Court of Appeals ruling for the D.C. district was a mixed one.RFA’s V...
Friday, The U .S. Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the advanced biofuels requirements under the Renewable Fuel StandardNati...
Continued low flows on the Missouri River have officials looking ahead to possible water restrictions this summer.Yankton Cit...
Senate Bill 171 introduced in the South Dakota legislature calls for making animal cruelty a felony and involves mistreatment...
Power costs for rural electric cooperatives are rising, and in many cases will have to be passed along to consumers.Brad Scha...
Iowa's governor has assembled a task force that's planning for possible drought this summer. Rather than hiring one s...
The effects of the second strongest LaNina in history may linger into 2013 and cause the drought to linger as well. Iowa Stat...
MidAmerican Energy will phase out coal burning at seven boilers located in three plants across Iowa as part of a settlement a...
While it’s tough to predict if 2013 will be a drought year, the probability is very high U.S. grain production will be ...
TransCanada officials are welcoming Nebraska Governor Heineman’s approval of their Keystone Pipeline Reroute.TransCanad...
Results of an annual poll show many of the Iowa's farmers believe farmland is overvalued and the market bubble will event...
Ten groups have come together to form a coalition to defend the Renewable Fuels Standard.Iowa Renewable Fuels Association Gra...
Thursday, Cargill Incorporated officials said they will be closing their beef processing plant in Plainview, Texas February 1...
A pair of Abengoa Ethanol plants in York and Ravenia Nebraska have been idled.Nebraska Ethanol Board Administrator Todd Snell...
More people spent time last year camping in an Iowa State Park compared to 2011. Jim Lawson, with the Iowa Department of Natu...
South Dakotans Fighting Animal Cruelty, a grassroots organization is working to get an animal protection bill introduced and ...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit has denied petitions to rehear the case against the Environmental Protection Age...
South Dakota ranked last in an HSUS report released this week on animal protections. South and North Dakota are the only two ...
The Grant County South Dakota Planning and Zoning Commission has approved a conditional use permit that will allow Teton LLC ...
Climate Change Legislation has been introduced in the Senate that would create a transparent fee on gas emissions from the bi...
The Corps of Engineers will hold a public meeting this Wednesday in Wynot to listen to ideas about the development of the Aud...
The draft Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy put forward by Iowa Ag Secretary Bill Northey is getting high praise from EPA Regi...
Tax and Budget issues are the major state legislative priorities for the Minnesota Farmers Union this session. Lawmakers bega...
The latest drought monitor numbers released this week shows the High Plains still in 86.20 percent severe drought or worse, u...
The latest drought monitor numbers released this week shows the High Plains still in 86.20 percent severe drought or worse, u...
The Corps of Engineers has updated their run off forecast for the Missouri River basin, and it still looks like a dry year.Ke...
Iowa Governor Terry Branstad has been chosen as chairman of the Governor’s Biofuels Coalition.Iowa Renewable Fuels Asso...
South Dakota State Senate Minority Leader Jason Frerichs is co-sponsoring a bill this session to do away with perpetuity of c...
While members of Congress argue about spending cuts and tax hikes, the Lewis & Clark Regional Water Project is lost in the mi...
December ended up being a wetter than normal month, and that helped out the drought situation a little. But Tim Hall with the...
Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman has received the final evaluation of TransCanada's proposed alternative route for the Key...
The Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality’s report on the KeyStone Pipeline re-route is now in Governor Heineman...
The latest Farm Futures survey results show growers plan to increase corn ground in 2013 and cut soybeans. Magazine Sr. Edito...
Statehouse leaders in Iowa say changing the formula that distributes state gas taxes for road and bridge projects is just too...
National Milk Producer Federation officials say with no movement on a full five year farm bill, USDA should let it revert to ...
National Milk Producer Federation officials say with no movement on a full five year farm bill, USDA should let it revert to ...
One of the major issues expected to get a lot of debate in the Iowa legislature this year is another run at a possible increa...
The latest drought monitor maps show most of South Dakota in severe to extreme dry conditions, with not much change expected ...
Congress and the President have failed at this point to avert the fiscal cliff and pass a new farm bill.National Farmers Unio...
According to information compiled by the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association, motorists in the Hawkeye state could have achieved...
The Environmental Protection Agency has withdrawn an order demanding a West Virginia Poultry grower obtain a Clean Water Act ...
The City of Yankton may have gotten a break as the Corps of Engineers has decided to increase water flows out of Gavins Point...
The City of Yankton may have gotten a break as the Corps of Engineers has decided to increase water flows out of Gavins Point...
The City of Yankton may have gotten a break as the Corps of Engineers has decided to increase water flows out of Gavins Point...
Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement officials say they have problems with the Nutrient Management Strategy put forth by S...
Some House members are expected to bring up the Renewable Fuel Standard and E 15 for debate in the new Congress next year. Th...
Global beef prices are expected to reach record levels in 2013 according to a report released Monday by Rabobank.Nebraska Cat...
South Dakota Farm Bureau leaders have several legislative goals for state lawmakers going into session next month.Farm Bureau...
National Cattlemen Beef Association officials are concerned about a possible guideline revision for an important environmenta...
The Corps of Engineers will be increasing flows from Gavins Point Dam, instead of cutting back as earlier planned.Jody Farhat...
Gas prices in Iowa have been dropping -- and in some cases have fallen below the three-dollars-a-gallon line. Harold Hommes m...
The Environmental Protection Agency has decided not to raise regulations on dust under the Clean Air Act and will retain the ...
Soy Transportation Coalition members wrapped up their annual meeting last week in New Orleans with several Policy priorities ...
Oil development on public lands in west river South Dakota will continue, but not at the frantic pace seen in North Dakota.Co...
Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman expects to receive a recommendation on the Keystone XL oil pipeline in a matter of weeks.Hein...
Western Governors are among the latest to ask for an extension of the Production Tax Credit for wind energy. Without action, ...
American Petroleum Institute attorneys are continuing to urge federal courts to vacate the EPA’s requirement that petro...
R CALF officials want U.S.D.A. to ban imports of Brazilian cattle into the United States following that country’s disco...
An Environmental working group study released Tuesday that looked at 12 years of data says Iowa’s water quality isn&rsq...
An Environmental Working Group study released this week took agriculture to task for not doing enough to improve Iowa’s...
Releases from Gavins Point Dam on the Missouri River near Yankton are being held at fourteen thousand cubic feet per second, ...
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has decided not to increase water flows from Gavins Point Dam on the Missouri River to suppo...
Speaker of the Nebraska Legislature Mike Flood, who officially announced last month that he has a candidate for governor, has...
The European Commission has issued a document that sets forth is proposed ruling in the anti dumping investigation involving ...
Another battle is brewing over water in the Missouri-Mississippi river basins. A group of downstream Congressmen have sent a ...
Tuesday, Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality officials took testimony in Albion from 110 individuals on the revised ...
Renewable Fuel Association officials say because of new studies and new modeling improvements, EPA needs to update and revise...
Nebraska Agriculture Director Greg Ibach will represent the United States at a U.S. China Agribusiness Workshop on Friday in ...
The Environmental Protection Agency has approved grain sorghum as an eligible feedstock under the Renewable Fuels Standard.Na...
The output from Gavins Point Dam on the Missouri River near Yankton is now being held at eighteen thousand cubic feet per sec...
Triple A is warning consumers about the using E15 blends in most motor vehicles. The American Coalition for Ethanol is dismis...
Sober numbers from State Climatologist Al Dutcher with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln...rain deficits of 12 inches in wes...
Farm groups, three governors and nearly 80 members of Congress are asking the President to step in to stop the Army Corps of ...
A new biodiesel blending facility was dedicated in Sioux Falls Wednesday. Harms Oil put in the facility with the help of the ...
A study released by the National Council of Chain Restaurants says the use of corn based ethanol in the Renewable Fuel Standa...
Livestock Market Information Center’s Jim Robb recently said that he poor U.S. economic growth along with a reduction i...
New state environmental regulations being proposed by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency could impact nearly half of the ...
The Lewis & Clark Regional Water System is still working to repair damage from last summer’s high water on the Missouri...
A long term repair and rehabilitation project at Gavins Point Dam on the Missouri River near Yankton is underway this week.Da...
Even though 2012 turned out to be a soybean year many farmers across the corn belt are already indicating they may plant more...
The Yankton City Commission approved another contract in the process that could ultimately lead up to a new, twenty eight mil...
The North American fertilizer industry is seeing a resurgence in infrastructure investment after nearly two decades of contra...
The Environmental Protection Agency has asked a California court to dismiss a lawsuit that could affect the usage of hundreds...
Grand opening for Harm’s Oils new biodiesel blending facility in Sioux Falls will be held November 28. With that, more ...
The Environmental Protection Agency just prior to the thanksgiving holiday denied a request for a waiver of the Renewable Fue...
According to AAA, close to 40 million Americans will travel an average distance of 588 miles on the road for the Thanksgiving...
Most producers are relieved California’s biotech food labeling proposal was defeated at the ballot box. However, they&r...
Farm groups are asking Congress or the President to intervene and keep the Army Corps of Engineers from reducing water flows ...
Subsoil moisture levels in northwest Iowa are a concern for 2013 crop production. Paul Kassel, Iowa State University Extensio...
The Environmental Protection Agency has denied the request by livestock groups and some Governors for a waiver of the Renewab...
Thursday was the deadline for livestock producers to sign up under the Risk Management Agency’s PRF or pasture rangelan...
The Head of the Natural Resource Conservation Service, Dave White is retiring and will leave early next month. He has been he...
The Environmental Protection Agency missed the deadline on Monday for making a decision on whether or not to waive the Renewa...
A South Dakota Legislative Task Force on Oil and Gas Drilling is looking at legislation that includes protections for farmers...
The Corps of Engineers is ready to move the Missouri River, and upstream reservoirs into drought reserve mode.Corps spokesper...
This week’s crop condition report indicates the condition of Nebraska’s winter wheat deteriorating. It’s ra...
Northwestern Energy has sent a work crew and several boom trucks to New York to help restore power to the area that was hit b...
Proposition 37 was defeated by California voters Tuesday 53 to 47 percent. The measure if approved would have required labeli...
North Dakota voters sent a message to animal rights activists in yesterday’s general election showing their support for...
Consumers in the northeastern U.S. are cleaning up after Hurricane Sandy but the natural disaster will have a lingering impac...
Northern Plains Nitrogen officials are selling up to $ 15 million of seed capital to finance initial engineering studies ...
The Environmental Protection Agency has released an early draft of their quality assurance program for RINS. These are the re...
The United States and Taiwan this week signed the Pacific Bridge Initiative, an agreement to work more closely on trade issue...
2012 turned out to be an excellent year for growing sunflowers in the Dakotas.Tom Young who farms near Onida in central South...
Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality officials have released their draft report regarding the Keystone Pipeline Rerou...
With about six million people still without electricity in the northeast part of the country, a full out emergency response i...
Nebraska State Climatologist Ken Dewey says Superstorm Sandy is the latest in a series of disasters that seems to be saying s...
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials in Minnesota want agriculture drainage tile to no longer be exempted as a pollution ...
A proposed biotech labeling initiative on the ballot in California is not consumer driven, but instead being led by trial law...
The drought of 2012 has hit South Dakota especially hard, with much of the state in the severe to extreme category.South Dako...
A supply disruption is causing headaches for truckers and other diesel fuel users in several parts of Iowa. Harold Hommes pro...
In a precedent setting vote for the biotech industry, California voters will decide next month whether or not to require labe...
A new report from the United Soybean Board demonstrates the economic impact livestock and poultry production have on the soyb...
The Nebraska Farmers Union Political Action Committee has endorsed Democrat Bob Kerrey in the U.S. Senate Race over Republica...
Iowa utility crews have been dispatched to the east coast, as Hurricane Sandy comes ashore, causing widespread power outages ...
Much of South Dakota remains in severe to extreme drought conditions, and normal conditions this time of year don’t off...
Interest in ethanol’s byproduct, Dried Distiller’s Grains is growing and the U.S. contribution to the world marke...
The Production Tax Credit, used to help finance alternative energy like wind power, is another federal program that runs out ...
This week, European farm ministers reaffirmed their intention to continue banning the use of ractopamine in livestock product...
A Lexington Phillips 66 station becomes the first in Nebraska to offer E15 fuel at the pump.Nebraska Ethanol Board administra...
Wednesday, Linn County Iowa supervisors voted 4 to 1 to deny a permit for siting for a 5,700 head hog farm near Cedar Rapids....
After record flooding on the Missouri River last summer, stages may fall to near record lows this winter.Dave Becker, Operati...
The Yankton City Commission heard a consultant’s report at their last meeting that needed upgrades to the water treatme...
Agricultural biotechnology is the focus of South Dakota’s 7th annual Biotechnology Summit set for Thursday in Sioux Fal...
The treatment plant for the Lewis & Clark Regional Water System has been on line for a couple of months, and so far has met e...
Warm and dry soil conditions are curbing applications of fall applied fertilizer products.SDSU Extension Soil Specialist Ron ...
Even though drought conditions have dropped levels on Missouri River reservoirs drastically, flood damage is still being repa...
South Dakota Senator Tim Johnson toured the Lewis & Clark Regional Water System treatment plant Monday.The plant located abou...
The Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee has released a report on rules proposed by the EPA an...
The sign up period for SURE payments for the 2011 crop year starts today at county Farm Service Agency offices.Iowa State FSA...
Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement officials met with EPA Region 7 officials late last week. They’re concerned abo...
The European Commission is considering a proposal to limit the use of biofuels from arable crops to five percent in 2020 and ...
A threat of wildfires became very real in parts of north-central, central and north east Nebraska this week, as dry condition...
Winter wheat planting and emergence is behind normal in South Dakota due to the drought. The USDA crop progress report put pl...
A team representing some of the largest livestock and poultry operations in Taiwan is currently in South Dakota to assess the...
USDA researchers are trying to expand the sorghum growing region by working to improve the crop’s cold toleranceAn Ag R...
A group of American veterans are in the nation’s capital this week setting the groundwork for when Congress returns to ...
Tuesday, Oral arguments began in a federal appeals court involving a case seeking to stop California’s Low Carbon Fuel ...
Tuesday, Iowa’s Environmental Protection Commission upheld their rule on application of manure on soybean fields which ...
Tuesday, The Iowa Environmental Protection Commission decided to keep manure application limits in place on soybean fields. T...
Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman says it is hard to determine how the drought will impact the state economy.Heineman says he h...
Minnesota’s ethanol industry generated more than $ 5 billion in total economic activity in 2011. That’s accor...
Due to one of the worst droughts in 30 years, NRCS is allowing producers to remain in compliance with their current conservat...
The widespread drought has been felt in West Central South Dakota in the Pierre area this year.SDSU Extension Agronomy Crops ...
Reservoirs on the main stem of the Missouri River are dropping as drought continues across the plains and into the mountains....
Tuesday, Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack began hosting regional drought meetings to gain input on how to handle effects of the droug...
Gas prices have been spiking in California and over the weekend reached around $ 5 a gallon in some places. American Coal...
A ballot measure that would require the labeling of biotech products is being proposed for next year in Washington State. It&...
A ballot measure that would require the labeling of biotech products is being proposed for next year in Washington State. It&...
A ballot measure that would require the labeling of biotech products is being proposed for next year in Washington State. It&...
The Environmental Protection Agency is preparing next year to propose changes in its rules governing CAFOs. The changes are d...
The Environmental Protection Agency is preparing next year to propose changes in its rules governing CAFOs. The changes are d...
Environmental groups Food and Water Watch and Friends of the Earth have filed a lawsuit against EPA challenging a voluntary n...
Environmental groups Food and Water Watch and Friends of the Earth have filed a lawsuit against EPA challenging a voluntary n...
The European Food Safety Authority says the conclusions of a study which alleged genetically engineered corn made by Monsanto...
The European Food Safety Authority says the conclusions of a study which alleged genetically engineered corn made by Monsanto...
Several counties in north east Nebraska are working to develop a regional Incident Management Team.Kevin Garvin, Emergency Ma...
The Corps of Engineers will hold a round of public meetings in the Missouri River basin to talk about their operating plans f...
A group of Nebraskans representing agriculture, conservation, and wildlife along with weather experts are echoing UNL Scienti...
North Dakota officials have detected a confirmed case of Anthrax in a beef cattle herd in Western North Dakota.State Veterina...
Nebraska becomes the fourth state in the corn belt to receive a waiver from FDA to blend aflatoxin tainted corn with good cor...
Last week National Farmers Union President Roger Johnson submitted comments to EPA asking administrator Lisa Jackson to deny ...
This weekend’s SDSU Beef Bowl was a chance to recognize the economic impact of the cattle industry in the state and reg...
The lack of feed due to the drought and high feed costs have been a double whammy for cattle producers. SDSU Extension Beef S...
Deer hunters in Nebraska are talking about epizootic hemorrhagic disease, a virus causing significant losses to the state&rsq...
With this year’s drought there may be more fertilizer carryover in fields. SDSU Extension Soil Specialist Ron Gelderman...
Farmers are urging U.S. Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack to change the auditing process for crop insurance claims in light of the wid...
MidAmerican Energy has begun the process of studying potential locations to build a new nuclear power plant in the state. Com...
U.S. Senators from Iowa, Illinois and Missouri have sent a letter to the Environmental and Public Works committee saying the ...
GEVO officials have decided to delay the conversion of ethanol plants in Luverne, Minnesota and Redfield, South Dakota to iso...
Iowa motorists can expect to see more deer darting across roadways in the coming weeks. Iowa Department of Natural Resources ...
The National Corn Growers Association says a recent study by French researchers questioning the safety of Roundup Ready corn ...
Baldwin Filters in Yankton dedicated the new addition to their manufacturing plant Thursday.They make oil filters for cars, t...
Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman says the state is proceeding with its evaluation of the environmental impact of the Keystone ...
Today the Senate failed to take up legislation to extend the Wind Production Tax Credit. The uncertainty leading up to this l...
Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack has appointed Hand County South Dakota area producer Dave Fremark to the National Sorghum Board.Frem...
The farm bill remains stalled in the US House, with dimming prospects of seeing any action before the election.Nebraska Congr...
Iowa Environmental Protection Commission members made no decision Tuesday on a possible ban of liquid manure on soybeans othe...
Iowa Environmental Protection Commission members made no decision Tuesday on a possible ban of liquid manure on soybeans othe...
Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement members want a ban of liquid manure that’s applied on soybeans in IowaThe group...
NRCS and US Fish and Wildlife Service have agreed to extend wildlife conservation efforts on working agricultural lands.NACD ...
The Missouri River Organization of States and Tribes, or MORAST, will hold their fall meeting this week in Bismarck North Dak...
Friday the Obama administration approved the 2013 RFS volume requirement for biodiesel increasing it from 1.1 billion gallons...
Friday the Obama administration approved the 2013 RFS volume requirement for biodiesel increasing it from 1.1 billion gallons...
A virus that’s normally fatal for deer is now showing up in cattle herds in South East South Dakota.State Veterinarian ...
Wednesday the South Dakota Rules Review Committee approved the sale of Octane 85 fuel in 9 Western South Dakota counties.The ...
Officials are concerned that the drought may last more than one year. Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman says that’s chief...
The Rules Review Committee of the South Dakota legislature has approved the sale of 85 octane gas in parts of the state, for ...
Tuesday, The Environmental Protection Agency extended the public comment period on calling for a waiver for the Renewable Fue...
The South Dakota Legislative Rules review committee is holding a hearing this week to determine if it will allow use of Octan...
The Rules Review Committee of the South Dakota Legislature meets today in Pierre, and one of the top agenda items are propose...
A red flag warning is in effect for much of the region today as hot and windy conditions are predicted today and Tuesday.Yank...
Despite the long hot summer, winter will arrive at some point and along with that the heating season. For those that depend o...
Iowa Fertilizer Company will build a new nitrogen fertilizer plant in southeast Iowa to supply customers in the U.S. corn bel...
The 2012 drought is making for some tough decisions for growers planning for next season. Brent Wilson, DuPont Pioneer techni...
Yesterday the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization reported that world food prices stabilized in August at levels...
The jury is still out on whether or not August rains helped the soybean crop in the corn belt. Don Schafer, Soybean Marketing...
Payments to Minnesota farmers who have lost livestock as a result of wolves have reached record levels.State Cattlemen’...
The public comment period for EPA’s particulate matter or dust standard concluded Friday.NCBA officials made their comm...
The biodiesel industry is weighing in on the waiver request for the Renewable Fuels Standard.National Biodiesel Board spokesm...
A Massachusetts Institute of Technology Study released this week finds that if the United States were to impose a tax on carb...
Summer in South Dakota is telling us a lot about climate change and where we're headed, according toa new report from the...
The Corps of Engineers has been holding public meetings on a plan to charge users for so called “surplus” water i...
This summer was a record breaker in terms of the drought and lack of precipitation especially for Southeast South Dakota. Tha...
The 25 by 25 Alliance is unhappy with the administration’s final rule for 2017 and later model year light duty vehicle ...
West Nile infections have spiked across the country in the past few weeks. Nebraska has seen twenty six cases of the infectio...
Temperatures are again expected to top one hundred degrees in much of the region today. Academy, south of Chamberlain topped ...
Barge freight rates have been going up this late summer on the Mississippi River in response to the drought and widening crop...
A group of 46 farm and related groups have come together to form the Farm Bill Now Coalition. The NCGA is part of that effort...
This year’s drought has caused some cattle producers in Iowa to start weaning their calves early.Iowa Cattlemen’s...
Iowa Renewable Fuel officials delivered a message to President Obama while he was in Iowa on Tuesday. Executive Director Mont...
Seven biofuel groups including Growth Energy have written President Obama highlighting the importance of the Renewable Fuel S...
The long summer of drought may have some long lasting impacts, but according the Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman, it is too s...
More cases of West Nile virus have been confirmed around Iowa.Dr. Ann Garvey, deputy medical director at the Iowa Department ...
Texas Governor Rick Perry has joined Governor’s from six other states asking for a waiver of the Renewable Fuel Standar...
Renewable Fuels Association leaders are applauding Republican Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney for his energy plan that cal...
It was a long hot summer for everyone, and power companies had to provide the extra power needed to keep us cool.Tom Glanzer ...
The Environmental Protection Agency plans to hold a meeting with livestock producers in the northwest Iowa town of Arcadia ne...
While temperatures have cooled some, it appears the drought across much of the country is far from over.South Dakota State Cl...
Congress left on its August recess with a lot left undone...including the Farm Bill.Nebraska Senator Mike Johanns, a member o...
The effects of the 2012 drought are likely to be felt for some time and according to Iowa’s top ag leader will be long ...
The ongoing drought has taken a toll all across the state. In the east, crops withered during a record hot and dry July, whil...
The Federal government is on the verge of approving grain sorghum to make a cleaner version of ethanol.While a plant in Weste...
This year’s drought that has impacted a wide stretch of the U.S. has created several problems that may cause the need f...
The drought has taken its toll on South Dakota cattle producers.Stock Growers Executive Director Silvia Christen says they&rs...
Nebraska’s wheat growers are about a month away from winter wheat planting season.Wheat Commission Executive Director R...
The new weekly drought maps don’t show much change from past weeks, with moderate to severe drought continuing over the...
The water treatment plant of the Lewis & Clark Regional Water Project has been online just over two weeks.Executive Director ...
Officials say South Dakota’s Spring Wheat Harvest is now wrapped up with 2012 bringing an average to a little above ave...
Four state Governors are asking EPA’s Administrator to waive the Renewable Fuel Standard due to the drought and its sup...
A legislative committee could not agree on any new rules that would allow the sale of 85 octane gas in South Dakota.The Rules...
Drought seems to be affecting everything...even state tax receipts.State revenue rose in July, and Nebraska Tax Commissioner ...
National Drought Mitigation Center Director Michael Hayes says a big ridge of high pressure has built up over the central Uni...
NCBA has joined on to a lawsuit filed by the Public Lands Council, and American Sheep Industry Association against the U.S. F...
The South Dakota Legislative Rules Review Committee has reached a compromise allowing the sale of Octane 85 fuel in the state...
Friday’s USDA WASDE report put total U.S. corn supplies at a nine year low of 2 billion bushels.National Farmers Organi...
Last week small meat packers in Ohio became the first to be certified for USDA’s Cooperative Interstate Shipment Progra...
This year’s historic Midwest drought is having an impact on all crops -- including popcorn. Gary Smith is President of ...
Nebraska farmers and ranchers will have to wait if they expect federal disaster assistance.The Senate approved a Farm Bill wi...
USDA confirmed a lower corn yield estimate in today’s report but is it enough ammunition for EPA and USDA to look at ea...
Thursday night, SDSU and University of Nebraska Lincoln Extension Experts spoke to producers in Yankton about this year&rsquo...
The American Petroleum Institute says the Renewable Fuels Standard isn’t working and should be revamped and better mana...
North Dakota Farm Bureau members have gathered enough petition signatures to put a Right to Farm Initiative on the November e...
Iowa Corn Promotion Board member Julius Schaaf is the new Vice Chairman fo the U.S. Grains Council. He says one of his major ...
Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack says there will be $ 30 million in additional assistance available for livestock producers in re...
A Bipartisan group of 25 U.S. Senators have joined 156 House members in asking EPA to waive the RFS in order to help drought ...
Biotech acceptance is still slow for Chinese consumers and that’s being used by the government as a reason for the slow...
Philip area rancher Bill Slovek, past President of the South Dakota Cattlemen’s Association has been chosen as one of s...
While the flooding from last year on the Missouri River is long gone, damages left behind are still being repaired.Gavins Poi...
U.S. soybean conditions vary greatly this year. That was confirmed by crop conditions reports from soybean growers taking par...
Drought conditions and high corn prices are taking their toll on the ethanol industry. Steve Sorum of the Nebraska Ethanol Bo...
Friday, Congress adjourned for the August recess without either passing a farm bill or drought assistance for livestock produ...
The U.S. House passed a one year measure for drought aid for livestock producers. The Senate however failed to act before bot...
Following Charges of MF Global and PFG misappropriating customer funds, National Feed and Grain Officials told congress that ...
This year’s drought is keeping crop insurance agents very busy in the Northern Plains. Yankton area agent Justin Hans s...
Nebraska Farm Bureau officials want the State’s Congressional delegation to consider separating the livestock disaster ...
The economic effects of the drought are spreading about as rapidly as the dry conditions.The Mid America economic report for ...
South Dakota Senator Tim Johnson today announced USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack is relaxing regulations in order for livestock pr...
Two thirds of the United States is now under drought conditions and West River South Dakota ranchers have been suffering for ...
National Pork Council officials are objecting to re-opening trade negotiations with Taiwan because of failure to lift their b...
USDA is looking at various policies to provide relief to the market with the U.S. dealing with the worst drought since 1956. ...
The Iowa Department of Public Health has confirmed the first case of West Nile virus in the state this year. Deputy state epi...
The National Association of Conservation Districts along with a coalition of farm and environmental groups have sent a letter...
The Drought covering a large segment of the United States has prompted a coalition of livestock organizations including NPPC ...
South Dakota State Representative Frank Kloucek of Scotland is urging people to contact USDA requesting emergency opening of ...
Extreme hardship and concerns of a dwindling corn supply has forced the National Pork Producers Council to officially petitio...
China continues to be interested in U.S. soybeans and prefers it over other countries beans. American Soybean Association&rsq...
The Lewis & Clark Regional Water System hit a milestone.Executive Director Troy Larson says their water treatment plant north...
Two Midwestern economists say the drought that's hit the region will "absolutely" be felt beyond the farm and w...
The lingering drought is already impacting next year's crop season. The Lower Elkhorn Natural Resources District Board ha...
Three wildfires in the Niobrara River Valley that have burned more than 100-Thousand acres have been largely contained...now ...
The South Dakota Department of Public Safety is taking public comments on proposed rules dealing with the sale of 85 octane g...
Iowa Governor Terry Branstad has introduced several drought assistance programs for producers. Load restrictions will be loos...
A USDA report released this week says retail food prices are forecast to increase 3 to 4 percent in 2013 due to this year&rsq...
South Dakota residents have until July 30 to submit written comments on a state emergency rule that allows the usage of Octan...
Fire officials who have been battling a huge wildfire in north-central Nebraska are edging close to declaring it contained.Ai...
While Congress has been attempting to move away from one time, ag disaster assistance programs over the last few years, this ...
A possible one year extension of the farm bill could contain disaster assistance for producers. American Soybean Association ...
The Farm Service Agency has authorized emergency hay and grazing of CRP starting August 2 for all South Dakota counties in re...
Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman says he can see progress in the battle against wildfires in north-central Nebraska.Heineman h...
The experts tell us that much of South Dakota is either approaching or is in record dry times. In Yankton, there have now bee...
Drought and passage of a new Farm Bill topped the agenda at the Iowa Farm Bureau Economic Summit this week. State Farm Bureau...
Taiwan's legislature has passed a bill that will pave the way for lifting a ban on U.S. beef that contains minimal traces...
South Dakota Cattlemen are taking their livestock to market earlier than usual this year due to the drought. State Livestock ...
Many South Dakota farmers are already cutting drought stressed corn for silage to try to salvage some feed value from the cro...
Hundreds of firefighters are battling wildfires...and exhaustion...in north-central Nebraska, along the South Dakota border.A...
The South Dakota Drought Task Force held its first meeting yesterday in Pierre and received an update on the drought from Sta...
The U.S. Court of Appeals in the District of Columbia Circuit has ruled in favor of the Renewable Fuels Standard Two. A coali...
Ethanol supporters including the National Farmers Union are responding to the call for reforming the Renewable Fuels Standard...
A memo from the Risk Management Agency indicates farmers in the Prairie Pothole Region will not get a prevented planting paym...
The Yankton water treatment plant is running wide open in an effort to keep up with demand.Acting City Manager Al Viereck tol...
Today, Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack announced new flexibility and assistance in USDA’s major conservation programs to help ...
Some wells in Nebraska have dried up this summer due to the drought. Now irrigation systems have been shut off to permit hold...
Friday, American Coalition for Ethanol Senior Vice President Ron Lamberty testified against South Dakota’s Emergency Ru...
Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman has activated the State Emergency Operations Plan in response to the fire emergency in Brown ...
Drought might be drawing mosquitoes and birds to limited pools of water, spreading West Nile Virus. Mosquitoes in Adams and S...
Drought and tightening corn supplies have some groups attacking the Renewable Fuel Standard and in some cases suggesting a wa...
South Dakota Congresswoman Kristi Noem is asking Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack for early release of CRP for emergency haying and g...
SOUTH DAKOTA SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE WALT BONES SAYS THE STATE IS RESPONDING TO THE DROUGHT.BONES SAYS A NUMBER OF AGENCIES ...
South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard has activated the Drought Task Force to monitor worsening drought conditions across muc...
Drought that hit cattle producers hard last year in Texas has now moved this year and is covering a very large area from the ...
The widening drought and impact on the economy highlight the importance of Congress passing the new farm bill, especially wit...
Nebraska Cattlemen Association members this week asked for an EPA waiver on federally mandated ethanol production. The move i...
Iowa Pork Producers President Bill Tentinger outlined the effect the drought is having on pork producers at a meeting hosted ...
The Yankton County Board of Commissioners this week announced a drought declaration for the county due to worsening condition...
Soybean growers from North and South America banded together at a recent meeting with European Union representatives to push ...
The Yankton County Commission has voted to ask Governor Dennis Daugaard to declare the county as a drought disaster area.Comm...
Many utility companies are pushing toward all-time peak power usage records as hot weather continues across the region.Brad S...
Utility companies are straining to keep up with surging power demand as temperatures hover around the century mark.Tom Glanze...
For more information on a specific meeting, contact a local extension office.July 23South Dakota Extension Live Video Streami...
The National Farmers Union is urging USDA to release critical government reports when commodity markets are closed. Nebraska ...
Cedar County Nebraska has been approved for Emergency Grazing and Haying due to drought conditions. FSA County Executive Dire...
Profit margins at ethanol plants across the U.S. are being hit negatively by higher corn prices and lower ethanol prices. Ame...
As current drought conditions in South Dakota continue to worsen, double cropping on winter wheat stubble is looking less lik...
The hot weather is putting a strain on utility companies as air conditioners run full blast 24 – 7 to keep homes and bu...
The Oil & Gas Study Committee of the South Dakota legislature will meet Monday and Tuesday in Buffalo and Bison.The committee...
State officials are keeping a close eye on dry conditions across the state, and possible impacts.South Dakota Lieutenant Gove...
While this summer’s drought can’t be directly tied to climate change, a new report indicates extreme weather even...
The National Pork Producers Council is reviewing the HSUS notice of intent to sue 51 pork producers in Iowa, North Carolina a...
New maps out show over three quarters of South Dakota experiencing some level of drought.State Climatologist Dennis Todey say...
The House Ag Committee passed a farm bill early this morning. The FAARM or FarmFederal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management...
A big day has been set for the Lewis & Clark Regional Water System.Executive Director Troy Larson says they will officially c...
Utility customers across Iowa are being warned of a scam that promises them a deal on paying their power bills. Tina Potthoff...
Today, U.S., Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack announced steps USDA is taking to streamline and speed up emergency assistance to produ...
The Rules Review Committee of the South Dakota legislature heard about the use and spread of 85 octane gas across the state a...
South Dakota Senator John Thune has written Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack asking for early release of Conservation Reserve Program...
Another county in south east South Dakota has imposed a burn ban. Tom Gillespie is emergency management director for Turner C...
This year’s drought is taking its toll on West River South Dakota cattle producers looking for feed for their livestock...
The House farm bill plan unveiled by Ag Chair Frank Lucas and Ranking member Collin Peterson varies little from the Senate bi...
Both U.S. and Canada Renewable Fuel Associations are hailing the creation of a clean energy plan released last month in Rio D...
NRCS is providing financial and technical assistance for landowners in South Dakota, Minnesota and North Dakota for 18 projec...
Drought conditions are beginning to have an effect in South Dakota and has forced the South Dakota Department of Environment ...
Hanson County commissioners have placed a ban on open burning until further notice.Emergency management director Kevin Kayser...
Deteriorating weather conditions have led Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman to declare a statewide drought emergency. Heineman ...
While crop ratings continue to drop in the corn belt, crop conditions in Minnesota held steady last week and are some of the ...
G 20 leaders meeting recently in Mexico talked about the importance of sustainability in agriculture and meeting the challeng...
Last week the House Energy and Commerce Committee approved and sent on to the full House the Superfund Common Sense Act. The ...
A new National Farmers Union poll finds most farmers reject curring conservation funding and view environmental stewardship a...
The Obama Administration has announced new investments in the biofuel industry. USDA, theNavy, and the Department of Energy a...
The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program in Iowa helped over 90-thousand households pay part of their power bills last w...
There is no widespread relief in sight for South Dakota growers battling an early spell of the dog days of summer. With High ...
Record flooding on the Missouri River last summer stopped ongoing research on a palid sturgeon project.Sam Stukel with the So...
A U.S. Court of Appeals ruling Tuesday upheld EPA's regulation of greenhouse gase under the Clean Air Act.Although recent...
The growing drought in Nebraska is already affecting cattle herds in the state. Cattlemen’s Association Executive Vice ...
Crop conditions in Nebraska declined this last week with the heat and lack of widespread moisture.USDA’s crop progress ...
Engineers working with the City of Yankton have come up with a plan that is hoped will help increase the flow into the water ...
More than half of Nebraska is suffering from severe to extreme drought, but most of the state could fall into that category a...
The expanding drought is a concern for many of the state agriculture secretaries in the corn belt. That dominated the discuss...
Senators defeated an amendment on the farm bill that would have mandated federal livestock production practices, but it could...
No solution has been found yet for sediment issues at the Yankton city water treatment plant. A change in the profile of the ...
South Dakota Farmers Union is happy the Senate was able to pass a farm bill Thursday and like many of the components. Preside...
The State’s Attorney General has ruled that Octane 85 fuel may not be sold in South Dakota under current rules and laws...
Minnesota Land Stewardship Project members are pleased Senators voted to approve tying conservation compliance to crop insura...
Ethanol plants in Atkinson and Albion, Nebraska have slowed or stopped production as a result of tight or negative profit mar...
The record flooding along the Missouri River last year did major damage from Montana to Missouri, but now it appears that som...
The Iowa Renewable Fuels Association released a study on the impact of renewable fuels in the past ten years as part of their...
North Dakota Farm Bureau members are gathering signatures to place a right to farm law on the state ballot in November.Farm B...
North Dakota Farm Bureau members are gathering signatures to place a right to farm law on the state ballot in November.Farm B...
Goss’s wilt has been detected in corn in northeastern South Dakota. Pioneer Field Agronomist Larry Osborne says growers...
Wednesday Pioneer Hi-Bred hosted an open house and ribbon cutting for the expansion of its Volga, South Dakota research cente...
The Iowa Transportation Commission approved the annual update to its five-year transportation improvement plan during its mee...
Anti-ethanol amendments are being offered to the farm bill at the same time ethanol groups and environmental groups have join...
Yesterday, Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson introduced an amendment to the farm bill he says will save the government $1.2 bil...
South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard has directed the Department of Public Safety to implement an emergency rule allowing th...
NRCS conservation spending would be cut $ 700 million or 20 percent for fiscal year 2013 in the House Ag appropriation bi...
Pork producers are more sustainable and have dramatically lowered the carbon footprint of the operations since the 1950s. Tha...
EPA and National Highway Traffic Safety Agency proposed rules would eliminate an important incentive for production of flex f...
The City of Yankton continues to struggle with sediment issues in the Missouri River, affecting the water intake for the trea...
Nebraska Climate Assessment Response Committee members meeting this week are concerned about drought conditions in the state ...
Despite moving into the warm weather months, sign up is well under way for the Low Income Energy Assistance Program for next ...
A Federal Judge this week ordered the Food and Drug Administration to reconsider two denials of petitions to restrict the use...
POET Biorefining plants are now extracting oil primarily used as a feedstock for biodiesel production. POET Chief Operating O...
Weather and water conditions have not changed much in the last month in the Missouri River basin. During a briefing sponsored...
The first cutting of alfalfa is being harvested in South Dakota with mixed results due to increased alfalfa weevil pressure. ...
Windpower 2012, a national expo is underway this week in Atlanta. It’s the biggest gathering of wind power experts and ...
Minnesota Environmental groups are blaming agriculture for pollution problems in the Minnesota River Basin. The environmental...
A tornado destroyed about 75 percent of the southwest Iowa town of Thurman in mid-April, the same day a tornado smashed into ...
With warmer weather now, swarms of mosquitoes won’t be far behind.Despite lower numbers the last couple of years, publi...
The beginning of the summer season finds most businesses in a much better place than last year.Shawn Lyons, executive directo...
National Association of Conservation District leaders are pleased with introduction in the House of the Sod Saver measure by ...
On Wednesday FAPRI issued a report showing the Agriculture Risk Coverage Program in the Senate Farm Bill treats program crops...
Grain sorghum has taken another step in the process of being considered an advanced biofuel under the Renewable Fuels Standar...
South Dakota Congresswoman Kristie Noem is joining Minnesota’s Tim Walz to introduce a sod saver amendment to the farm ...
Novozymes opened a new biofuel plant Wednesday in Blair, Nebraska thanks largely to tax credits for clean energy manufacturin...
The Branstad administration is looking for a few good farmers. Spokesman Tim Albrecht says the governor, Lieutenant Governor ...
Prevent plant acres in South Dakota will be down substantially for the 2012 crop season. State FSA Director Craig Schaunamann...
Mid-America Pipeline Company is paying the federal government just over one-million dollars along with Enterprise Products ov...
Friday, Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack announced USDA is accepting 3.9 million acres nationally into the Conservation Reserve Progr...
A recent study from Mitchell Technical Institute shows that South Dakota farmers are supporting their communities by buying l...
It appears the Pacific Ocean is entering into a neutral temperature phase, with no El Nino, or La Nina effects in control rig...
Farmers in South Dakota have been planting this year’s soybean crop at record pace, despite some hiccups in the weather...
Crop progress in Nebraska is well ahead of normal and crop condition ratings are historically high. As of this week’s c...
Farmers have until June 1 to sign up for three Farm Service Agency programs including SURE, ACRE and the Direct and Counter-C...
South Dakota Department of Public Safety officials are asking gasoline retailers to post caution labels on gas pumps to advis...
Dry weather is causing some emergence problems in corn this spring. Syngenta Agronomist Randy Kool says the lack of spring ra...
Water quality and wetland improvement projects in the seven state area of the Mississippi River Basin has many benefits for b...
The Nebraska Association of Local Health Directors, a collaboration of eighteen health departments across the state is sharin...
Work crews will soon begin a major maintenance project on Burlington Northern Santa Fe rail lines in South Dakota. Amy McBeth...
Iowa biodiesel production remains strong in the first quarter of 2012 at 42 million gallons despite the expiration of the fed...
Iowa Governor Terry Branstad says raising the state's gas tax or "user fee" for the state's transportation ...
National Biodiesel Board officials want funding continued in the energy title of the Farm Bill for the Biodiesel Fuel Educati...
National Farmers Union officials are asking House subcommittee members to include and fund the B-CAP and REAP programs in the...
After record run off and flooding in the Missouri River basin last year, it appears that river flows this year will be below ...
There are currently no major steering forces behind the long range weather outlook. That from South Dakota State Climatologis...
A new University of Minnesota study holds some positive news for rural areas of the state. It's often called "brain ...
NCBA officials say USDA should move ahead with tying in cattle and beef importation rules for BSE with international standard...
A report from a non-profit environmental group says extreme storms are hitting the Midwest more frequently and the flood dama...
NPPC has asked a federal court to allow them a seat at the table in a lawsuit brought by environmental group’s against ...
Two out of eight vehicle engines operating on E-15 failed with mechanical damage. That’s according to a Coordinating Re...
Yesterday during a House Agriculture Subcommittee Farm Bill hearing, a study from USDA’s Risk Management Agency was rel...
National Association of Conservation District leaders are concerned what might happen if a farm bill isn’t written this...
An Iowa State University Economist has released research showing that mixing ethanol in with gas has had a significant impact...
Plans have been dropped for a 5,000 head hog farm in Dallas County Iowa to be located in Beaver township in the Raccoon River...
Some of the preliminary results of a ground radar survey of the spillway at Gavins Point Dam indicate some subsurface problem...
One of two South Dakota legislative interim committees will study oil and gas development underway in north west parts of the...
The Missouri River is number-four on the new list of the country's "most endangered" waterways, according to an...
South Dakota has a new NRCS chief starting Monday May 21.Jeff Zimprich takes over as state conservationist for Janet Oertly w...
The Nebraska men's basketball team will square off with Wake Forest as part of the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. The contest wil...
Minnesota Farmers Union members were pleased with some proposals approved during this year’s state legislative session....
Wind energy development in Nebraska is slowing with the decision by the Nebraska Public Power District not to add more wind g...
Despite being in the breadbasket of the world, a new report shows poverty and food insecurity rising faster in rural areas of...
More than 50 farm and urban women came together in Sioux Falls last night to share a conversation about farming and food. It ...
The Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality has held a couple of meetings this week on TransCanada’s new proposed ...
The Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality held a couple of meetings this week on TransCanada’s new proposed Keys...
The American Coalition for Ethanol is opposing a South Dakota Department of Public Safety recommendation to allow 85 octane g...
World Farmers Organization members are gearing up for next month’s G 20 Meeting in Mexico.WFO President Robert Carlson ...
Environmental groups calling themselves the Federal Water Quality Coalition have been granted intervener status in a lawsuit ...
USDA’s monthly crop report showed a further tightening of old and new crop soybean ending stocks to historically low le...
The Missouri River fell more than seven feet as the Corps of Engineers shut off the flow from Gavins Point Dam near Yankton t...
Tuesday, Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the launch of a new National Water Quality Initiative committed to improving one ...
Nebraska Congressman Adrian Smith is renewing his request to USDA to step up their efforts to educate the public about the sa...
The closure of the three BPI plants on May 25 will have a negative economic impact on the region. A study from Iowa State Uni...
Winter wheat in South Dakota was damaged with this weekend’s storms. Rick Vallery, Executive Director for South Dakota ...
Lake County South Dakota Farm Service Agency officials are in the process of assessing field damage from rains up to 8 inches...
A storm over the weekend washed out several fields in Lake County South Dakota and the town of Madison was flooded.Todd Willi...
Over the weekend Moody County South Dakota fields were hit with heavy rain, strong winds and some hail.County Farm Service Ag...
Rain in Brookings forced South Dakota State to cancel the Jackrabbits final softball series of the season against IUPUI.Alrea...
Wild Earth Guardians is suing USDA’s APHIS to stop the agency from continuing its predator control program.Wild Earth&r...
All fifty states are waiting for some concrete action on a new federal transportation bill. That funding formula has seen a n...
Farm groups including NCGA have sent a letter to USDA urging them to use science in approving new biotech products.This comes...
The "Omaha World-Herald" reports running back Aaron Green is leaving Nebraska. According to the report, Green has b...
The "Omaha World-Herald" reports running back Aaron Green is leaving Nebraska.
A couple of meetings of Governors in the Missouri River basin were held last summer as record flooding was occurring along th...
Conservation groups are pleased an amendment offered by South Dakota Senator John Thune was included in the Farm Bill passed ...
South Dakota Representative Kristi Noem has introduced the Livestock Disaster Protection Act as a provision for the 2012 Farm...
With the turn to cooler wetter weather concerns are once again returning about cold shock to recently planted corn. Pioneer A...
Even with the recent rains in the western corn belt subsoil moisture levels in much of northwest Iowa is still a concern. Pau...
This is severe weather awareness week in South Dakota, a chance to focus on the possibilities of damaging conditions in the d...
Consumers can be assured that the U.S. beef supply is safe in the aftermath of USDA’s confirmation of the nation’...
The City of Yankton continues to struggle with shifting sediments in the Missouri River partially blocking the water plant in...
The American ethanol industry is close to clearing the final hurdle for commercial sale of E-15.Growth Energy CEO Tom Buis sa...
Yankton city commissioners agreed to accept recommendations for possible changes to how solid waste and recycling is handled....
National Association of Conservation Districts leaders are hailing the Senate Ag Committee leader’s initial farm bill p...
Divers have been in the water for several days, taking a close look at the spillway area at Gavins Point Dam. That dam releas...
The mild winter was reflected in natural gas sales for Northwestern Energy through the first of April. Senior gas manager Cly...
A hearing before the US House Natural Resources Committee this week could set the stage for changes in hydropower distributio...
This year’s unusually warm winter in many parts of the Corn Belt, followed by a warm spring, could result in earlier in...
The South Dakota Department of Agriculture is going on the offensive to grow the livestock industry in the state. State Ag Se...
TransCanada's new proposed pipeline route for the Keystone project to ship oil from Canada to the Gulf Coast avoids the N...
A Clay County Angus cattle producer and his family have won the Iowa Cattlemen Association’s Environmental Stewardship ...
A Clay County Angus cattle producer and his family have won the Iowa Cattlemen Association’s Environmental Stewardship ...
Work will likely soon begin again on finding a new route for the Keystone XL pipeline through Nebraska. The governor has sign...
An American Viewpoint Poll shows that 61 percent of adults support the Renewable Fuel Standard.Nebraska Ethanol Board Adminis...
Getting a new farm bill written this year is one of the primary goals for National Farmers Union members attending their fly ...
An EPA rule restricting emissions from power plants was looked at closely by a panel of U.S. Court of Appeals federal Judges ...
The Corps of Engineers has concluded that adding additional flood storage space in their Missouri River reservoirs would not ...
Iowa remains second behind only Texas in wind energy production according to an annual report releasedby the American Wind En...
The South Dakota Animal Industry Board will be holding a hearing April 30 consider amended rules on brucellosis and bovine tu...
South Dakota’s winter wheat crop is under stress due to the lack of precipitation.State Wheat Commission Executive Dire...
EPA’s Renewable Fuel Standard is being challenged by the American Petroleum Institute.Six biofuels groups including Gro...
The Yankton City Commission approved a bid for the first phase of reconstruction at the north end of the Meridian Bridge. May...
The shifting sands of the Missouri River continue to cause some issues for the Yankton city water plant. City Manager Doug Ru...
The Global Renewable Fuels Alliance which includes RFA is calling on the G-20 countries to enact biofuels policies that reduc...
Unusually dry and warm conditions in March led to below normal run off in the Missouri River basin. The Corps of Engineers re...
In the wake of last year’s record flooding along the Missouri River, many Members of Congress from the region were dema...
With soybean prices rallying over two and a half dollars and the corn soybean ratio moving to over 2.5 to one, the market is ...
USDA’s Farm Service Agency has extended the deadline for sign up in the Conservation Reserve Program from today to next...
The South Dakota Office of School and Public Lands held their first oil and gas lease auction of the year this week. Just ove...
Governors and area Ag Officials were at the BPI plant Thursday touring the facility and countering a mis-information campaign...
National Association of Conservation District officials are backing Congressmen Tim Holden and Bob Goodlatte’s legislat...
According to USDA’s Plantings and Stocks report, Corn farmers intend to plant 95.9 million acres of corn this year. Tha...
Governors ,Lieutenant Governors and other public officials from Iowa, South Dakota, Kansas and Texas toured the BPI beef plan...
Tuesday, April 24thLocation: Sioux Falls Regional LivestockFord/Holt/BeareSALE BILL
Federal regulations are a primary concern for Minnesota Farm Bureau members this week.The group has a delegation meeting with...
The major priority for American Coalition for Ethanol members this week is defending the Renewable Fuel Standard before Congr...
China’s demand for U.S. soybeans is expected to keep growing and providing more opportunities for America’s farme...
South Dakota Stock grower Association members are backing a measure introduced in the House to allow grazing permits on publi...
Inspections and assessments of Gavins Point Dam, above and below water are underway this week. Dave Becker, operations manage...
A measure is being introduced in the House to combine the U.S. Department of Energy with EPA. The measure is projected to sav...
BPI or Beef Products is suspending operations at plants in Amarillo, Texas; Garden City, Kan.; and Waterloo, Iowa, as a resul...
The multi-state group known as MORAST, or the Missouri River Association of States and Tribes will be holding their spring me...
As the first days of spring arrive, levels on the Missouri River are rising. But this year, its part of a normal plan. Dave B...
The Minnesota House and Senate have approved their omnibus ag policy bills and have sent them to their respective chamber flo...
While much of the region has experienced a dry fall, followed by a rather mild and dry winter, at least one weather expert sa...
A new USDA report released Tuesday is showing the success of the Rural Energy for America Program.South Dakota USDA Rural Dev...
The U.S. could export more corn to Mexico this year as a result of their drought shortened crop.Mexican Rural Development off...
Some farm and conservation groups are asking Congress to attach conservation compliance to risk management in the 2012 farm b...
A tax break bill for large wind industry projects, and the Big Stone power plant in north east South Dakota was vetoed by Gov...
While the Lewis & Clark Regional Water System is struggling with slashed federal funding, they also have to deal with a delay...
Eleven environmental groups are suing EPA because they’re claiming the agency isn’t regulating farming practices ...
Several environmental groups are urging Congress as they write the 2012 farm bill to encourage producers to step up conservat...
Officials with the Army Corps of Engineers are wrapping up an inspection tour of the six dams along the main stem of the Miss...
Nebraska legislators have moved out of committee a measure dealing with future oil pipelines that one farm group says will in...
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved disaster funding to repair a stretch of Missouri River bank near Vermill...
By the slimmest of margins an Iowa senate committee has approved a bill that would allow MidAmerican to seek regulators' ...
South Dakota Farm Bureau members have filed comments with the FCC asking them to deny a conditional use waiver for Light Squa...
It looks like our mild mid May like weather will continue through much of the rest of March. South Dakota State Climatologist...
It appears the effort to ban traffic enforcement cameras in Iowa has stalled at the statehouse. House Speaker Kraig Paulsen i...
One of the Minnesota Farm Bureau’s state priority issues is working its way through the state legislature.Farm Bureau D...
The Senate is considering a couple of amendments to the cellulosic biofuels producers tax credit.One of the amendments offere...
Republican Nebraska Senate candidate Deb Fischer outlined her energy plan, calling for reduced federal regulations, increased...
USDA officials say their proposed BSE rule will help improve protection of the U.S. herd, however R CALF officials says just ...
A proposed rule on BSE and beef and cattle imports is expected to help improve protection of the U.S. herd.USDA Chief Vet Dr....
High gas prices are now rated as one of the top issues heading into the November elections. South Dakota Congresswoman Kristi...
A delegation of young farmers and ranchers from South Dakota and Nebraska are lobbying in Washington this week.The group is b...
American Soybean Association representatives just returned from South America and can confirm a shorter crop in Brazil.ASA Ch...
Impending federal policies may have a big impact on our electricity bills. South Dakota Public Utilities Commission Chairman ...
Four hundred jobs at the Tyson beef slaughtering plant in Denison, Iowa are in jeopardy.Tyson spokesman Gary Mickelson says t...
Hyde County South Dakota producer Jim Faulstich who serves as Vice President of the State Grasslands Coalition is sitting on ...
South Central Minnesota farmer Darrel Mosel, member of the Land Stewardship Project testified in front of the Senate Ag Commi...
South Central Minnesota farmer Darrel Mosel, member of the Land Stewardship Project testified in front of the Senate Ag Commi...
This winter, which was pretty mild for the most part, brought some infrequent visitors. A large number of snowy owls were see...
The focus of the Senate Ag Committee’s hearing on the 2012 farm bill will be on conservation.NFU’s Vice President...
A measure to free up farmers from long term easements with wind energy companies is advancing in the Minnesota State Legislat...
The US Fish and Wildlife Service, and the National Park Service are looking at placing more land near the Missouri River into...
Legislation has passed the South Dakota Legislature that would provide a 20 cent per gallon subsidy for biobutanol, a second ...
The heavy flows from Gavins Point Dam last summer caused more damage to banks along the Missouri River to the Sioux City area...
The timing couldn’t be better for ethanol marketers with the approval of E-15 blends by the Environmental Protection Ag...
The recovery from last year’s Missouri River flooding will take some time and money this year. Dave Becker, operations ...
With EPA’s recent approval of E-15, the next steps for some states will be to adjust their own rules regarding the sale...
The flood potential outlook in the Missouri River basin continues to be low to very low. Jody Farhat, Director of the Water C...
No USDA rural development officers were lost in South Dakota during as part of the agencies recent announcement of closures t...
The spillways at Gavins Point Dam on the Missouri River have reopened, which is somewhat unusual in the winter time. Dave Bec...
Iowa's gas tax would be eight cents per gallon higher by April, 2014 under a proposal that has cleared a five-member Hous...
President Obama outlined his FY 2013 budget proposal Monday and is calling for cuts of $ 600 million to conservation prog...
The first in a series of meetings on flood preparations was held last night (Monday) in North Sioux City.It’s a follow ...
Northern Beef Company officials have moved their project opening date to later this spring. Public Affairs Director Laurie Sw...
The deadline to sign up for crop insurance is fast approaching and there are several changes in the program and products for ...
The US Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Park Service want to buy more land along and near the Missouri River, and p...
The House Energy and Environment Subcommittee has marked up legislation requiring additional testing of E-15 blends before co...
EPA has accepted North Dakota’s plan for protecting endangered species from harmful exposure to pesticides. State Ag Co...
Litigation is looming in regards to EPA’s proposed Confined Animal Feeding Operation or CAFO reporting requirements rel...
The smallest U.S. cattle herd in 60 years has the industry focused on rebuilding and causing concerns about consumer demand. ...
Cattlemen from across the country were recognized for environmental stewardship at the NCBA convention in Nashville, includin...
The States of Iowa and Nebraska have left MORAST, or the Missouri River Association of States and Tribes. The group was made ...
A review and update on the flooding in western Iowa will be on the agenda of the State Interagency Missouri River Authority m...
South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard is in Brookings today to unveil the details of a new dairy processing plant coming to t...
A wildlife biologist with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources is asking Iowans to consider donating money to wildlife co...
Despite low numbers so far, public health officials say the flu is still around, and you still have time to protect yourself....
With the open winter and lack of precipitation there are growing concerns about drought lingering into the upcoming crop seas...
The days may be numbered for a state rule that bans the use of lead shot when hunting mourning doves. Lawmakers established a...
A bill introduced into the Nebraska legislature would change how conservation groups could handle money related to the enviro...
The Meridian Bridge over the Missouri River at Yankton has seen considerablefoot traffic since it reopened in late November. ...
The State of South Dakota will get nineteen million dollars in the latest round of federal highway grants related to flooding...
An independent panel that includes scientists from three federal agencies has determined the Corps of Engineers was NOT prima...
Floodwaters breeched some levees...damaged others...and put great strain on all the levees along the Missouri River. Congress...
Corps of Engineers officials vow to be more flexible with flood control methods this year, but admit there's only so much the...
Nebraska finished 2011 with the second lowest traffic death total in nearly 70 years. Nebraska Highway Safety Administrator F...
Compared to recent years, fewer deer were taken in Iowa during the recently completed shotgun deer seasons. Dale Garner is th...
Rural areas in the northern plains continue to lose population, and especially in a vital age group. A report from the Center...
A coalition of unions and environmental advocacy groups held a news conference in Des Moines to draw attention to the nation'...
The National Transportation Safety Board is recommending that all states ban the use of cell phones and other electronic devi...
Three environmental groups have filed suit against the federal government, claiming it has allowed work to proceed on the Key...
After months of flooding and weeks of repairs, the final restored section of Interstate 29 should reopen to traffic later thi...
It may not be much consolation, but the6.5% wholesale rate hike being planned by Nebraska Public Power District could have be...
A review of the US Army Corps of Engineers' management of the Missouri River begins this week, in the wake of this summer's r...
