South Dakota State University To Host Research Field Day

Farmers will want to attend the SDSU Dakota Lakes Research Farm Field Day scheduled for Thursday, June 30th.  Sam Ireland,…

Farmers Plant Sorghum

Several farmers in North Dakota, Minnesota, and northern South Dakota are still behind with their spring planting duties due to…

Dunlap, Iowa Auctioneer Wins World Championship Livestock Auctioneer

That’s the distinct chatter of the latest world champion livestock auctioneer, Will Epperly of Dunlap, Iowa.  Epperly recently was named…

Two South Dakota Counties Declared As Emergency Disaster

Two South Dakota counties have recently been declared as emergency disaster areas by the U-S Department of Agriculture’s Farm Services…

Pork Producers Discuss Proposition 12

The restrictions placed on livestock production through California’s Proposition 12 was discussed during World Pork Expo.  National Pork Producers Council…

Pork Outlook

At the end of the month,  the U-S Department of Agriculture will issue its Quarterly Hogs and Pigs report.  Ag…

Avoiding Brown Outs & Black Outs

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has warned of possible electric brown outs or black outs across the Midwest this summer.…

Challenging an Incumbent Senator

Democrat Brian Bengs is working to ramp up his campaign challenging incumbent republican Senator John Thune. He says his message…

Meridian Bridge in the Budget

The double deck, Meridian Bridge over the Missouri River would get more attention in the proposed five-year Capital Improvement Plan…

Interest Rate Hike Impacts

The Federal Reserve Board last week raised the prime interest rate seventy five basis points, or three quarters of a…