Thune To Oppose Obama Tax Increase Proposal

As President Obama continues to signal what he will propose during Tuesday’s State of the Union address, senior administration officials say he will call for raising the capital gains rate on top income earners and eliminating a tax break on inheritances.

RFA Concerned By Keystone Amendment

An amendment has been introduced to the Keystone XL Pipeline Bill in the Senate to eliminate corn ethanol from the…

Farm Leader Sees Trade Positives With Cuba Opening

Restrictions have been loosened for U.S. trade with Cuba. President Obama last month announced changes to Cuban policy and those…

Iowa Farm Leader Backs TPA Movement

House Ways and Means Chairman Paul Ryan wants to move ahead with Trade Promotion Authority legislation. The measure gives the…

PED Virus Cases And Severity Dropping

The impact of the PED Virus is down so far this winter in swine herds in South Dakota and nationwide.…

Biodiesel Production Hurt By Policy Uncertainty

The U.S. Biodiesel market shrunk in 2014 falling to 1.75 billion gallons of production. That was down slightly from nearly…

Jacks Rally Past Coyotes

It was one of the strangest showdowns between SDSU and USD as the Jackrabbit men scored a basketball victory Saturday in Brookings.

USD Women Hold League Lead

Raeshel Contreras tallied a career-high 32 points as Tia Hemiller scored all nine of her points in the last 3:26 to lift the South Dakota women’s basketball team past South Dakota State 82-78 in the DakotaDome on Saturday afternoon.

SDSU Coach To International Tour

SDSU head wrestling coach Chris Bono has been selected to lead one of five USA Wrestling teams that will compete in five countries as part of the winter international tour season.

University of Iowa President to Retire

Sally Mason says now is the perfect time for her to retire from the University of Iowa.