SDCA Pleased Doud Confirmed as USTR Chief Agricultural Trade Negotiator

The U.S. Senate has confirmed Greg (dowd) Doud as Chief Agricultural Trade Negotiator at U.S. Trade Representative’s Office. South Dakota…

USDA Works to Achieve 1-Percent FM for China and Other Countries

As of January 1 of this year China is reducing the amount of foreign material they will allow in shipments…

MN Farm Bureau Supports USTR Call for Extension of TPA

United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer says he plans to ask for a three-year extension of Trade Promotion Authority or…

South Dakota Legislators to Debate Pay Raise

Legislators may get a chance this week to vote on a pay raise proposal.

South Dakota Legislators Start Final Week Budget Debate

The main focus of the final full week of the South Dakota legislature will be coming up with a budget bill.

SD House Committee Changes Penalties on Drug Distribution

Several bills changing drug possession and distribution laws passed out of the South Dakota House Judiciary Committee last week.

Northern Plains Hit by Another Winter Storm

Blizzard conditions are expected to develop over a wide area of the northern plains in the Missouri River valley from North Dakota to northern Nebraska.

Iowa House Working Out Own Version of Tax Cuts

Iowa House Speaker Linda Upmeyer says a reduction in Iowa’s CORPORATE tax rate may be tacked onto the tax bill that cleared its first hurdle in the House

Nebraska Birdwatchers Waiting on Terns & Plovers

Conservationists who track Interior Least Terns and Piping Plovers in Nebraska are playing a waiting game.

Jacks Face Bison In Semis

No. 1 seed South Dakota State continues is 2018 Summit League Championships run with a semifinal showdown against No. 5 seed North Dakota State Monday.