TruShrimp Resumes Investor Push

truShrimp has resumed the equity drive for its $331 million indoor shrimp farming facility in Madison, South Dakota. CEO and…

Center For Rural Affairs Concerned Not Enough Money Provided For Medicaid

Congress is working on their next COVID 19 relief package and so far there is no funding increase for Medicaid…

Legislators Oppose Federal Funding for State Government Budgets

Five South Dakota lawmakers have signed a letter from the American Legislative Exchange Council to Congress opposing a federal bailout of state governments as part of the next round of COVID-19 relief.

Cooperative Effort to Get Back to School

Nebraska state officials held a “back to school” news conference Monday to lay out more details of how schools can bring students back to the classrooms later this month.

Drought Conditions Causing Spider Mites To Show Up In Minnesota

Drought like conditions in parts of Minnesota are leading to the development of spider mites which mostly damage soybeans and…

RFA Submits Ethanol Recommendations To USDA For Its Ag Innovation Agenda

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has been seeking input on their Agriculture Innovation Agenda they announced a few months ago.…

Dairy Executive Pleased Senators Challenging The EU On GI Issue

A bipartisan group of Senators led by South Dakota’s John Thune have written to U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and…

Best Budget Guess for 2021

The Yankton City Commission will consider spending just under sixty million dollars for next year. That’s down from last year’s budget of over seventy million dollars.

Economic Report, Deadlines May Push Stimulus Agreement

A drop of over thirty percent in annual GDP in the country may help spur Congress into moving the next round of economic stimulus.

USD Law School Renamed

The Law School at the University of South Dakota will now be known as “The University of South Dakota Knudson School of Law.”