USD Athletes Top Summit

South Dakota junior Tyler Frank and redshirt-junior Madison Mills have been named the Summit League Indoor Track and Field Athletes of the Week as released by the league office Tuesday.

Debate Over Hog Ownership in the Nebraska Legislature

A bill lifting the ban on meat-packers owning hogs in Nebraska passed the Unicameral…and split its rural delegation.

Jacks, Coyote Earn Awards

South Dakota State’s Donovan Taylor was named Summit League Men’s Swimmer of the Week while South Dakota’s Julia Gorham and South Dakota State’s McKenna Shallberg earned Women’s Swimmers of the Week award.

USDA Report Neutral Except for Global Wheat Stocks

USDA’s February Supply and Demand Report was relatively neutral. U.S. ending stocks on corn came in at 1.837 billion bushels,…

EWG Report Shows Voluntary Conservation Efforts Not Working

An Environmental Working Group report says the voluntary approach to conservation efforts to cut pollution from farm fields isn’t working.…

SD GOED Gets Ethanol Grant from USDA

South Dakota is getting some help to promote increased ethanol usage in the state. That’s due in part to a…

SB 98 Debate Looks at Changes to Family Farm Act

Thursday, the South Dakota Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee will take testimony on Senate Bill 98. The measure would…

USDA Considering Changes in Biotechnology Regulations

USDA is seeking public comment on whether the agency should draw up new rules to regulate biotechnology products. This comes…

SDFU Backs Industrial Hemp Bill

A measure to allow farmers to grow industrial hemp has passed the South Dakota House and is now in the…

Yankton School Board Gets Facility Study Update

The Yankton School Board got an update at their meeting last night on the facilities improvement study that is underway.