Bills Coming in to the 2016 Nebraska Legislative Session

Nebraska lawmakers have returned to Lincoln, and started the sixty day, 2016 legislative session.

Cattlemen’s President Pleased Dietary Guidelines Are Science Based

Dietary guidelines were released today by Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack and Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell. The guidelines…

Stock Growers Questioning Federal Liability For Fires

South Dakota Stock Grower Association leaders are questioning what they’re calling an unbalanced response of federal land management agencies to…

US Farmers And Ranchers Alliance Forms Foundation

U.S. Farmers and Ranchers Alliance leaders have formed the U.S. Farming and Ranching Foundation.  USFRA Board member and South Dakota…

Pork Executive Says 2016 Could Be A Breakeven Year

Pork producers are trying to remain optimistic about the outlook for their industry in 2016 given the supply challenges they’ll…

Iowa Soybean Association CEO Pleased With Water Funding

This week U.S. Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack and Iowa Governor Terry Branstad announced efforts to provide long term funding to…

IRFA Responds To API’s Latest RFS Attacks

monte-shaw-responds-to-latest-big-oil-rfs-attacks-cuts-for-website-1-7-2016This week American Petroleum Institute’s CEO Jack Gerard called for repealing the renewable fuel standard. Iowa Renewable Fuels Association Executive…

Yankton County Road Task Force Meets

The Yankton County roads task force held their first meeting this week.

Trans Canada Met SD Law Requirement for Keystone XL

The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission voted this week to support the re-certification of the Keystone XL oil pipeline route.

SD Congresswoman Kristi Noem Supports Obamacare Repeal

The US House passed a bill that would repeal much of the Affordable Care Act, and sent it on to the President.