Biofuels Executive Says Klobuchar Grassley Bill Critical For Biofuels Industry

Biofuels producers are hailing the introduction of pandemic relief legislation introduced this week in the Senate by Minnesota’s Amy Klobuchar…

South Dakota Universities Prepare to Reopen & Get Ready for Fall Classes

South Dakota universities are working on plans to reopen their campuses and bring students back for fall classes.

Pork Processing Improving But Euthanasia Still Occurring

Meat processing capacity is slowly coming back online but pork producers are still disposing of several thousand pigs per day.…

Iowa Can Now Sell State Inspected Beef Across State Lines

The State of Iowa has entered into a Cooperative Interstate Shipment Agreement with USDA’s Food, Safety and Inspection Service to…

Dairy President Says DMC Working As It’s Intended To

The Farm Service Agency announced this week that March triggered the first payment to dairy farmers enrolled in the Dairy…

Easing the Isolation

As the state begins the process of testing all nursing home and assisted living center residents this week, it points out the isolation many have been under for weeks due to the pandemic.

Checkpoints Still on Reservation Highways

Highway checkpoints are still in place on roads across the Cheyenne River and Ogallala Sioux Reservations.

School Districts Working with Original Budget Plans

The Yankton School Board is in the beginning stages of the budget work for the next year.

China Blamed for the Coronavirus Pandemic

The Trump Administration is blaming China for allowing the coronavirus to escape a lab and then attempting to cover it up.

State of South Dakota Asks for Federal Help Dealing with Reservation Checkpoints

The stand off continues between the State of South Dakota and the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe over check points on highways through the reservation.