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Pork Biosecurity and Prevention of Foreign Animal Diseases to be Focus At Pork Forum

A focus of attention for the pork producers attending the National Pork Forum to be held this week at Orlando,…

Pork Producer Delegates to Hold Pork Forum at Orlando This Week

Delegates from the National Pork Producers Council and the National Pork Board will gather in Orlando, Florida this week for…

Senator Fischer Comments on EPA’s E-15 Announcement

More comments are coming forward regarding the Environmental Protection Agency’s announcement allowing E-15 ethanol to be used in the Midwest…

Iowa FFA Receives Gift of One Million Dollars

Last week was National FFA Week and the Iowa FFA Association received a pledge gift of one million dollars.  That…

SD Board of Regents Back Continued Tuition Freeze

As South Dakota lawmakers work out details of the 2024 budget, the priority of the Board of Regents is keeping…

Interstate 29 Corridor Ideal For Dairy Expansion

The area between the North Dakota and South Dakota border stretching south to Kansas City is known as the Interstate…

SD Legislators Looking for a Tax Cut

Tax cuts will be top of the agenda this week for South Dakota legislators as the session winds into its…

Hoping for a Tax Cut

Picking among competing tax cuts will be a priority for South Dakota legislators this week. District 18 Representative Julie Auch…

SD Senator John Thune On the Border

South Dakota Senator John Thune was in a group of republican Senators that spent time at the US – Mexican…

SD Tax Cut has to Fit in the Budget

If the South Dakota legislature passes any sort of tax cut this year, the 2024 budget proposal would have to…

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