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Good Year for Dam Work

The dry weather this summer has at least one benefit, and that is making repair work on several dams easier

SD Winter Wheat Harvest Underway, Spring Wheat Near Disaster

Wheat production will be down substantially in South Dakota this year. The winter wheat harvest has already started in the…

Producer Optimism Seen At Nebraska Pork Expo This Week In York

Pig farmers gathered in York Wednesday for the 2021 Nebraska Pork Expo. Nebraska Pork Producers Association Executive Director Al Juhnke…

Historic Year for SD Sales Taxes

The Joint Committee on Appropriations of the South Dakota legislature got a detailed update on the states financial standing at their meeting in Pierre Wednesday.

Fire Destroys Mobile Home, Two Left Homeless

Two people were left homeless as fire destroyed their mobile home just east of Yankton (on Bill Baggs Road) Wednesday afternoon.

NBB Director Says Demand For U.S. Biodiesel Continues To Grow

Argentina is reducing its biodiesel blends and taking its soy oil and exporting more of that. That country is already…

National Corn Grower’s Association Opposes Corn Ethanol Mandate Elimination Bill

Four Senators led by California’s Dianne Feinstein have introduced the Corn Ethanol Mandate Elimination Act. The measure is approved would…

Farm Bureau President Responds To Discrimination Lawsuit

Farmers from North Dakota and Minnesota have recently joined a discrimination lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The lawsuit…

Medicaid Petition Drive Stepping Up

Backers of a drive to put an initiative to expand Medicaid on next years general election ballot are stepping up the petition passing.

HSC Study Started

A strategic study of the role of the Human Services Center in Yankton is underway.

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