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South Dakota Farm Bureau Debates Hemp And Livestock Zoning Issues

South Dakota Farm Bureau delegates took action on resolutions regarding industrial hemp and livestock zoning at their annual convention in…

DRA Holding CAFO Meeting For County Officials

Dakota Rural Action will be holding their third annual forum on Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations in Watertown on December 6.…

SD Senator Mike Rounds Not Supporting Roll Back of Wounded Knee Medals of Honor

A bill sponsored by South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds called the RESPECT Act passed the Senate unanimously

Interim Industrial Hemp Committee to Meet One More Time

The Industrial Hemp Committee of the South Dakota legislature holds its final meeting of the interim next Monday in Pierre.

National Grain And Feed Association Likes Most Of Proposed CFTC Rule

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is getting together a proposed rule for early 2020 that’ll call for setting limits on…

Egg Farmers President Says Congress Needs To Ratify The USMCA Trade Agreement

One of the major issues for egg farmers in the United States is the need for Congress to ratify the…

ISU Extension Specialist Advises Soybean Growers To Choose ARC County

Growing on 2020 meetings co-sponsored by Farm Credit Services of America along with the South Dakota Corn Grower’s Association gets…

Winter Storms Heading for the Northern Plains

Winter weather will descend on much of the northern plains this week.

SDSU Earns Playoff Seeding

For the sixth time in the past seven years, four Missouri Valley Football Conference schools have made the field of 24 teams for the NCAA Division I Football Championship, including South Dakota State.

Morningside Rolls On

Unbeaten and top seeded Morningside has rolled into the NAIA football playoff quarterfinals and will host another game Saturday.

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