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With Sufficient Vaccine Supplies, Younger People Urged to get Shots

The Covid-19 vaccine supply in South Dakota is rising to meet demand.

2021 Beef Export Outlook Optimistic Post Covid

U.S. beef exports were down 5.5-percent in 2020 due to supply chain and food service constraints tied to COVID. However,…

Planting Slowed With Cold Weather

Row crop planting efforts in the region have been slowed with the recent rain and cold weather, but there is…

Biofuels Expansion Driving Global Veg Oil Market

The global push to make renewable biodiesel part of the solution to climate change is driving soybean oil prices to…

The Weekend File – The Yankton City Commission, Marijuana and Money…

The Yankton City Commission, Marijuana and Money…

Name Released In McPherson County Fatal Crash

A Mound City, S.D. man has been identified as the person who died Monday in a one-vehicle crash in McPherson County.

NPPC Legislation Action Conference Focuses on Trade, FAD and Ag Labor

The nation’s pork producers outlined their top legislative priorities during this week’s National Pork Producers Council Legislative Action Conference. Minnesota…

Iowa Leads the Nation for the Worst Bridges

A recent report from the American Road and Transportation Builders Association shows 36-percent or 220,000 U.S. bridges need to be…

SDPPC Leader Refutes Smithfield Worker Protection Criticism

A little more than a year after Smithfield Foods closed the Sioux Falls pork plant due to COVID, the industry…

Reminder of Dicamba Application Changes in Counties with Endangered Species

Buffer requirements for dicamba applications are both larger and more complex this year, a reminder to farmers as they start…

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MEDICAL MARIJUANA RIFT WIDENS AS OVERSIGHT PANEL CONFUSES AND UPSETS INDUSTRY WITH SLATE OF MOTIONS

PIERRE, S.D. (Joshua Haiar-South Dakota Searchlight) – The rift between an oversight committee and the state’s medical marijuana industry widened Tuesday…

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NEBRASKA GOVERNOR SIGNS EXECUTIVE ORDER BANNING MEDICAID PAYMENTS TO PLANNED PARENTHOOD

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) — Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen signed an executive order Thursday cutting off Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood,…

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NINE INDICTED IN DAVISON COUNTY FOR COCAINE DISTRIBUTION

MITCHELL, S.D. – South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley says nine people have been indicted in connection with a cocaine…

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NEBRASKA ATTORNEY GENERAL RESPONDS TO ACCUSATIONS OF RETALIATION AGAINST OMAHA TRIBE OVER MEDICAL MARIJUANA

LINCOLN, Neb. (WOWT) – Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers said Wednesday that the Omaha Tribe’s proposed tax compact was too…

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AARP SOUTH DAKOTA AND ATTORNEY GENERAL’S CONSUMER PROTECTION DIVISION MAKING PEOPLE AWARE OF COSTLY SCAMS

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) – As part of a joint effort with the Attorney General’s Office, AARP South Dakota has…