ISU Extension Ag Engineer Says Safety Critical During Harvest Season

National Farm Safety week this year coincides with the beginning of harvest season in many parts of the Northern Plains.…

Nebraska Cattlemen Association Backs ESA Modernization Legislation

This week the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a hearing focused on efforts to modernize the Endangered Species…

Nebraska State Agriculture DIrector Chosen As President Of MASDA

Nebraska State Agriculture Director Steve Wellman has been selected as President of the Midwest Association of State Departments of Agriculture.…

Mount Marty University Dealing with Covid-19

Mount Marty University in Yankton is dealing with the effects of Covid-19 and trying to make campus life as normal as possible.

Farm Bureau Pleased House Passed Stopgap Funding Bill And Restored CCC Funding

The House this week passed a stop gap funding bill by approving a continuing resolution to avoid a government shut-down.…

South Dakota FFA Foundation Provides Grants To FFA Chapters For Local Projects

The South Dakota FFA Foundation this fall has provided two different chapter grants for the state’s FFA members to complete…

Agriculture And Biofuel Groups Call On The EPA To Restore The RFS

Four major agricultural and biofuel groups that won a significant court victory in the Tenth Circuit against small refiner exemptions…

Senate Republicans Ready to Move on Supreme Court Nominee

Senate republicans are quickly moving to fill the opening on the US Supreme Court following the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Nebraska Cattlemen Association Wants Cattle Market Transparency Act Bill Passed

The Nebraska Cattlemen Association is pleased with the introduction of the Cattle Market Transparency Act Legislation of 2020. Nebraska Senator…

SD Legislators Again Question School’s Trans Gender Policy

Republican legislators on the Government Operations and Audit Committee used a survey to question school sports policies for trans gender students.