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National Pollinator Week Shows Importance Of Honey Bees To All Crops

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has proclaimed this week as National Pollinator Week. South Dakota Beekeeper and Honey producer Bret Adee…

CPA Working To Get Global Minimum Tax In Legislation

The G-7 Finance Ministers announced they back the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s efforts to adopt a Global Minimum…

Ag Processing Incorporated Names New Chief Executive Officer

Ag Processing Incorporated’s Board of Directors has named a new CEO replacing Keith Spackler who earlier announced his intentions to…

Drought Conditions Expanding Across Minnesota

The drought is currently spreading quite widely throughout Minnesota. And State Agriculture Commissioner Thom Petersen says they’re monitoring that closely…

IFU President Says Tax Cuts Both Positive And Negative For Agriculture

Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds has signed several bills involving tax cuts. Included in that personal income tax, change of property…

Senate Ag Committee To Hold Hearing On Cattle Market Manipulation

The Senate Ag Committee will be holding a hearing on Thursday to look at the issue of cattle market manipulation…

Argentina Opening Up Beef Exports Means More Competition For Chinese Market

Argentina appears ready to reaching an agreement to reopen beef exports. The country’s government had suspended those in an attempt…

UFCW Ratifies Contract With Smithfield Foods Pork Processing Plant In Sioux Falls

The United Food and Commercial Workers Union, Sioux Falls Chapter has ratified their negotiated contract with Smithfield Food Pork Processing…

Administration’s New Broadband Map Shows Better Access Needed In Nebraska

The Biden Administration has released a new Broadband coverage map that shows four states leading the way in lacking in…

MCGA President Appreciates Congressional Backing In Keeping RFS Intact

Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar and several others signed onto a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency asking the Biden administration…

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MEDICAL MARIJUANA RIFT WIDENS AS OVERSIGHT PANEL CONFUSES AND UPSETS INDUSTRY WITH SLATE OF MOTIONS

PIERRE, S.D. (Joshua Haiar-South Dakota Searchlight) – The rift between an oversight committee and the state’s medical marijuana industry widened Tuesday…

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NEBRASKA GOVERNOR SIGNS EXECUTIVE ORDER BANNING MEDICAID PAYMENTS TO PLANNED PARENTHOOD

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) — Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen signed an executive order Thursday cutting off Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood,…

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NINE INDICTED IN DAVISON COUNTY FOR COCAINE DISTRIBUTION

MITCHELL, S.D. – South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley says nine people have been indicted in connection with a cocaine…

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NEBRASKA ATTORNEY GENERAL RESPONDS TO ACCUSATIONS OF RETALIATION AGAINST OMAHA TRIBE OVER MEDICAL MARIJUANA

LINCOLN, Neb. (WOWT) – Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers said Wednesday that the Omaha Tribe’s proposed tax compact was too…

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AARP SOUTH DAKOTA AND ATTORNEY GENERAL’S CONSUMER PROTECTION DIVISION MAKING PEOPLE AWARE OF COSTLY SCAMS

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) – As part of a joint effort with the Attorney General’s Office, AARP South Dakota has…