Highway Construction Season

Despite the lingering winter weather, the construction season is imminent. South Dakota Department of Transportation regional engineer Greg Rothschadl says…

Nebraska Legislature Bogged Down by Filibuster

The Nebraska legislature is slowly grinding through their agenda as several Senators continue to filibuster almost every bill. The delay…

Ernst Supports Rollback on Biden’s Water Ruling

U-S Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) supported a bipartisan effort to overturn the Biden administration’s Waters of the United States (WOTUS)…

Feenstra Introduces Legislation to Double Funding For Ag Research

U-S Representatives Randy Feenstra (R-Iowa) and Jimmy Panetta (D-California) introduced legislation – the Advancing Cutting Edge Agriculture Act – to…

Spring Weather Forecast

As we finish up with March and look ahead to April, what can we expect for weather conditions as farmers…

Price Spread Between Choice and Select Beef

Cattle producers have witnessed the price spread for dressed beef cut-outs between choice grade beef and select grade beef has…

A Re-Do on the UCC

South Dakota legislators this week failed to override Governor Kristi Noem’s veto of a bill making revisions to the Uniform…

SD Schools Get Funding Boost

The state budget passed by the South Dakota legislature and signed by Governor Kristi Noem includes a seven percent increase…

SDSU College of Nursing Training Preceptors

The South Dakota State University College of Nursing is joining with Montana State University on a program to increase the…

Waiting on SD Housing Infrastructure Rules

The first bill the South Dakota legislature passed this session was one approving the use of two hundred million dollars…