SD Legislators Get Budget Update, and Warning

The interim Appropriations Committee of the South Dakota legislature got an update on the state budget at their meeting this week in Pierre.

Groundbreaking For Expansion Of Dimock Cheese Set For Today

Groundbreaking for a one million dollar expansion project at Dimock Cheese in Dimock, South Dakota is set for this afternoon..…

Corn President Sees Positives And Negatives With EPA Policy Reform Plan

Interim Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler says he’ll push ahead with biofuel policy reforms that former EPA Chief Scott…

Spring Wheat Tour Participants See Varying Crop Conditions On Second Day

Participants in the Wheat Quality Council’s spring wheat tour in North Dakota headed out in eight different routes on the…

Pork Producers Want Trade Deals Rather Than Government Payments

Farmers and Ranchers are telling the Trump administration to focus on resolving trade disputes and gaining new markets for them…

SD Senator John Thune; Waiting on Details of $12 Billion Dollar Ag Bailout

The US Ag Department has announced a twelve-billion-dollar plan to help producers facing financial problems due to the loss of income from the ongoing trade war.

Special Session May Be Needed to Enact Online Sales Tax

South Dakota legislators may be called back into a special session later this year to clarify the law needed to collect sales tax from online retailers.

Missouri River Reservoirs Dropping Toward Winter Levels

The Corps of Engineers is expecting higher than average flows from Gavin’s Point Dam on the Missouri River to be enough to drop levels on upstream reservoirs to normal elevations by winter.

Viking Center Sidelined

Minnesota Vikings center Pat Elflein has been placed on the physically unable to perform list prior to the start of training camp.

Twins Complete Sweep

Max Kepler drove in the tiebreaking run when he was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in a six-run 11th inning, and the Twins beat the Blue Jays 12-6 on Wednesday to complete their first sweep at Toronto in more than 15 years.