SD Legislative Work Group to Direct Billions in Federal Funding

The State of South Dakota will get about three point three billion dollars under the “American Rescue Plan” passed by Congress earlier this spring.

Farmers And Applicators Preparing For 2021 Season With Bayer Dicamba Training

Farmers and custom applicators are preparing for the dicamba spraying season through required training. Bayer Chemistry Stewardship Manager Mark Groth…

Avoiding School Consolidations

As finances and enrollments stabilize, the drive for school consolidations have cooled off.

Center For Rural Affairs Sees Positives In Precision Ag Technology Legislation

Senators Deb Fischer of Nebraska and Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota have introduced a bi-partisan bill to advance Precision Ag Technology.…

Minnesota Farm Group Backs Expansion Of Pandemic Electronic Benefits

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced a new effort funded by the American Rescue Plan to provide adequate nutrition…

Iowa Dairy Group Monitoring Anaerobic Digester Bill In State Legislature

House File 522, a measure that would allow a qualified confined animal feeding operation to utilize an anaerobic digester system…

Chances for a Special Session

It appears the chances for a special session of the South Dakota legislature this spring are very low.

2020 Census Releases First Numbers

The US Census Bureau released the first official numbers of the 2020 Census this week, showing South Dakota grew eight-point nine percent in the last decade

Weight Limit Signs Added to Interstate Bridges

The South Dakota Department of Transportation will be posting signs on twenty-one bridges on and near interstates due to a federal requirement on emergency vehicle weight limits.

Name Released in Moody County Fatality

A Rapid City, S.D., woman has been identified as the person died Saturday night in a vehicle-pedestrian crash near Colman.