North Dakota Farm Bureau Picking Up State Legislative Wins

The North Dakota Legislature could wrap up their 2021 session sometime this week. It’s been a positive session for the…

Fort Pierre Producer Named SD Leopold Conservation Award Winner

Prairie Paradise Farms of Fort Pierre has been named as the winner of the South Dakota Leopold Conservation Award. The…

Dairy Groups Supports Reintroduction Of Dairy Pride Act

The Nebraska State Dairy Association is joining the National Milk Producers Federation in hailing the reintroduction in Congress of the…

Land Stewardship Project Wants More CRP Expansion

U.S. Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced USDA is opening enrollment in the Conservation Reserve Program with higher payment rates,…

Transportation Secretary Touts Rural Advantages Of Infrastructure Bill

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is taking a lead in making the case for President Joe Biden’s infrastructure package in rural…

Newly Combined South Dakota Ag And Environment Department Now Operating

The newly combined South Dakota Department of Agriculture and Environment and Natural Resources began operations this week.. Department Secretary Hunter…

Rural Affairs Group Pleased With Passage Of Telehealth Bill

Nebraska State legislators have passed LB 400, a measure to expand rural access to telehealth services. It’s one of the…

NCBA Encouraged EPA Leader Won’t Revert To 2015 WOTUS

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan told Congress this week he won’t go back to the Obama era definitions of…

STC Board Director Pleased With Infrastructure Bill Introduction

Senators Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin and Mike Braun of Indiana have introduced the Rebuilding Stronger Infrastructure Act legislation. The measure…

Boadwine Farms Installing Methane Digesters And Lowering Carbon Footprint

A Baltic, South Dakota dairy producer is positioning for climate change policy by installing methane digesters at his dairies to…