USDA Undersecretary for Rural Development Talks Infrastructure Plan, State Appointments

The Biden Administration is starting to make some USDA appointments on the state level in the Farm Service Agency and…

American Democracy Threatened

Former South Dakota Senator Tom Daschle is concerned about the political direction of the country and threats to democracy

Outlooks Show Near Normal Temperatures & Precipitation

With a La Nina forecast to develop in the southern Pacific Ocean, some of those impacts could start showing up in our weather in the next month.

SD Congressman Dusty Johnson Votes “No” on Contempt of Congress

The US House voted to hold Steve Bannon, a long-time aide to former President Trump in contempt of Congress after he ignored a subpoena from the committee investigating the January 6th Capitol riot.

Waiting on New Legislative Maps

While House and Senate members of the South Dakota Legislative Redistricting Committees debate proposed map changes, most other members can only watch and wait.

South Dakota Corn Names New Executive Director

Milbank native and South Dakota State University graduate, DaNita Murray, has been chosen to lead South Dakota Corn as Executive…

Soybean Growers Filed Formal Objection on EPA’s Chlorpyrifos Ban

More than 80 agricultural groups have filed formal objections to the Environmental Protection Agency’s rule to revoke all tolerances of…

NCBA Welcomes Bill to Establish Cattle Contract Library

On Thursday the House Agriculture Committee unanimously passed South Dakota Congressman Dusty Johnson’s Cattle Contract Library Act of 2021. The…

Nebraska Farmers Union Will Hold Virtual State Convention

Nebraska Farmers Union members will be holding their state convention on Friday December 3. The meeting will be held virtually…

SD Tech Colleges Report Flat Enrollment

Fall enrollment at the four technical colleges in South Dakota fell slightly to just over seventy-one hundred students.