COVID-19 Cases Surge in South Dakota

The South Dakota Health Department reported seven hundred forty-seven new positive cases of COVID-19 yesterday, a one-day record high

Minnesota Corn Grower’s President Meets With EPA Administrator

Minnesota Corn Grower’s Association President Les Anderson met this week with EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler at a farm in Northern…

Xtend Flex Approved For Commercial Use

XtendFlex soybeans received approval this week from the European Commission for food, feed, import and processing. Channel technical agronomist Derek…

Mid America Economy Continues to Grow

For the fourth straight month, the Creighton University Mid-America Business Conditions Index, a leading economic indicator for the nine-state region stretching from Minnesota and the Dakotas to Arkansas, advanced above growth neutral and to its highest level since May 2018.

SD Legislators Make Recommendations on Spending Federal Dollars

South Dakota legislators will meet Monday for a special session to decide how to spend the rest of the one point two billion dollars the state got from the federal government

R-CALF Says The United States Should Withdraw From The WTO

A coalition of agricultural groups have written to U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer advocating that the U.S. remain in the…

AFBF And NPPC File Court Brief To Strike Proposition 12 As Invalid

The American Farm Bureau and the National Pork Producers Council are seeking to terminate California’s Proposition 12. The groups have…

The US Senate Approves Short Term Funding Bill

The Senate approved a short term continuing resolution Wednesday night to keep the federal government funded into the new fiscal year.

NPPC President Elect Says COVID Aid Measure Including Depopulation Help Is Positive

House Democrats earlier this week came up with another COVID 19 relief plan. Part of the measure calls for amending…

President Trump Still Opposes Mail In Ballots

President Trump continues to criticize the use of mail in ballots, suggesting that if he loses, the election is “rigged.