SD Board of Regents Responds to Legislative Questions

A task force is working through the details of a bill passed by the South Dakota legislature last year.

SD House Revives and Passes Birth Certificate Gender Bill

The South Dakota House debated and passed a bill that requires a birth certificate record a person’s sex at birth.

Nebraska Getting Promised Vaccines

Every state is waiting for increased shipments of Covid-19 vaccines.

R-CALF Weighing In With President On Antitrust, Cattle Markets And COOL

One cattle group leader is seeing more attention and interest into increasing enforcement of the nation’s anti-trust laws from the…

Defending the Filibuster

Senate republicans and democrats reached agreement on continuation of the filibuster as part of the democrats taking majority control

SD Legislators Hear USD Strategic Plan

The Joint Committee on Appropriations of the South Dakota legislature has been hearing from the Board of Regents and all their institutions this week.

South Dakota Cattlemen’s Association Backing CAFO And Precision Livestock Bills

The South Dakota Cattlemen’s Association is monitoring several pieces of legislation being considered in Pierre. Cattlemen’s Executive Director Jodie Anderson…

Nebraska Sorghum Executive Looking To Expand And Diversify Export Markets

The top export market for U.S. Sorghum growers is China but the focus this year is on market diversification and…

Iowa Congressman Named To House Agriculture Committee

Newly Elected Iowa Congressman Randy Feenstra of Hull has been named to the House Agriculture Committee. He’s looking forward to…

Call for a Bipartisan Election Commission

South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds is co-sponsoring a bill that would establish the “2020 Bipartisan Advisory Committee” to look at the integrity of the November elections