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Living with Livestock in the Big Sioux River Watershed

Dairy farms continue to locate and expand along the I-29 corridor in eastern South Dakota. Those facilities are all contained in the Big Sioux River watershed.

SDSU Sets Jacks Bash 2

South Dakota State University will mark the return to school in September with Jacks Bash 2

Farmers Feeding Families Look at Right To Farm Laws at Meeting

Families Feeding Families is hosting a farm forum April 12 in Yankton on Right to Farm Covenants. Sioux Falls Attorney…

Nebraska Senators Move to Tax & Spending Bills

With almost two thirds of the Nebraska legislative session completed, Senators are starting to move into tax and spending bills.

Yankton County Commission Approves Second Amendment Resolution

The Yankton County Commission this week approved a resolution in support of the Second Amendment.

NRCS Water Bank Program Receives Funding For Prairie Pothole Region

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service has been granted four million dollars to go to landowners enrolled…

South Dakota State Vet Says Both USDA And FDA Should Regulate Genetic Animals

Agriculture and Environmental groups have different opinions on which federal agency should have the authority to regulate genetically engineered food…

Minnesota Governor Asking Legislature To Pass Biofuels Grant Measure

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz along with biofuels industry members are asking the state legislature to approve a measure that creates…

Leaving the Board of Regents

After serving nine years on the South Dakota Board of Regents, Kevin Schieffer stepped away in March

Little Need for a Special Session

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem says she is planning to call the legislature back to Pierre for a special session late next month or in early June to deal with another round of federal funding and medical marijuana.

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Dakotafest Ag Policy Forum

South Dakotas Congressional delegation took part in an ag policy forum at Dakotafest on Wednesday. Senators John Thune & Mike…