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Ag And Biofuel Coalition Asking EPA To Propose Higher Octane Fuel Standard

The High Octane Low Carbon Alliance is asking the Environmental Protection Agency to propose a higher octane fuel standard as…

Extension Specialist Advises Testing All Feed For Nitrates During Drought

This year’s drought that’s hit the Northern Plains has included a large part of South Dakota. West River cattle producers…

SD Democrats Start Voter Registration Drive

South Dakota democrats are starting an initiative this summer and fall called “SDVote” to get people on the voter registration lists.

SD Ends Fiscal Year with a Big Surplus

South Dakota wrapped up the fiscal year with a surplus of almost eighty-six million dollars

Nebraska Ag Land Values Up For Second Straight Year

The market value of agricultural land in Nebraska gained about 6 percent for the second straight year according to the…

Average Rain a Minimum

The outlook for the next couple of weeks is for hot and dry weather to continue over much of the northern plains.

Workforce Housing Committee to Focus on Contractors and Construction

The next meeting of the “Workforce Housing Needs Interim Study” committee will be August fifth in Sioux Falls.

Yankton County Commission Budget Work

Yankton County Commissioners have been working through the numbers as they prepare for their 2022 budget.

Stock Grower’s Executive Met With White House Officials On Competition Executive Order

A recent Executive Order issued by President Joe Biden seeks to address the price and competition problem in the U.S.…

ASA Part Of Ag Groups Asking USTR Not To Threaten Vietnam With Tariffs

The American Soybean Association along with 70 other agricultural groups have expressed concern to U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai regarding…

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