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Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween! Did you know that today’s holiday actually has some agricultural influence in its origin?

Rain is in the Forecast

We have some rain in the forecast!

Pure Prairie Poultry Fiasco

The Pure Prairie Poultry bankruptcy in Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin.

Winter Wheat

There may be trouble brewing for the winter wheat crop.

October 31, 2024 News Round-Up

REGION’S ATTORNEYS GENERAL APPLAUD UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT FOR DECISION IN FAVOR OF VIRGINIA, ALLOWING REMOVAL OF NON-RESIDENTS FROM VOTER…

Visting with the USDA’s Farm Service Agency.

Today I spend some time with the Administrator of the USDA’s Farm Service Agency.

Protecting our food system

There’s an ongoing effort on protecting our U.S. Food Products, one of those steps include working thru the Bird Flu…

Clean Energy Efforts

The USDA is making more announcements regarding our Rural Clean Energy Projects.

October 30, 2024 News Round-Up

SECRETARY OF STATE REMINDS VOTERS TO CHECK THEIR POLLING LOCATION PIERRE, S.D. – Secretary of State Monae Johnson is encouraging…

RCPP Projects

82.7 million was received by 6 South Dakota projects to advance conservation and climate smart agriculture.

Recent Headlines

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SOUTH DAKOTA STATE ECONOMIST SAYS FARM ECONOMY HAS HELD BACK SALES TAX REVENUES

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Joshua Haiar / South Dakota Searchlight) – South Dakota’s State Economist Derek Johnson told the state Banking…

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STATE SPENDS $43,000 IN TROOPER OVERTIME FOR OPERATION PRAIRIE THUNDER

PIERRE, S.D. (John Hult / South Dakota Searchlight) – The South Dakota Department of Public Safety says a saturation patrol…

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SHUTDOWN-DELAYED ANALYSIS SHOWS RISING UNEMPLOYMENT IN HALF THE UNITED STATES BUT SOUTH DAKOTA IS THE LOWEST

SOUTH DAKOTA (Tim Henderson / Stateline) – September unemployment rates rose in 25 states and fell in 21 compared with…

3 days ago in Local

DUSTY JOHNSON WANTS TO IMPROVE SD EDUCATION WITH ‘STRONG SCHOOLS’ PLAN

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) – This week, Dusty Johnson announced his “Strong Schools” Plan to improve education in South Dakota.…

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MAJORITY OF TAP GRADS SIGN TEACHING CONTRACTS WITH SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOLS

PIERRE, S.D. (Dakota News Now) – On December 13, the South Dakota Departments of Education and Labor and Regulation celebrated…