Center For Rural Affairs Offering Express Loan Program

The Center for Rural Affairs is helping local businesses cope with the impact of the COVID 19 pandemic. A main…

Farm Group Lobbyist Expects Coronavirus And Budget Bills On Final Legislative Day

Today is the final day of the 2020 South Dakota Legislative session with the majority of lawmakers meeting on-line due…

Dairy Executive Says Having USDA Purchase Additional Dairy Products Could Help

The coronavirus crisis is hitting the U.S. dairy industry hard and the National Milk Producers Federation is looking to the…

Iowa Pork Producers President Appreciates Stimulus Support From The Government

The $2 trillion stimulus package approved by the Senate includes billions of dollars for U.S. agriculture. Contained in that legislation…

Agtegra Donates 4,000 Pieces Of Personal Protective Equipment To Health Care Providers

Agtegra Cooperative based in Aberdeen has donated close to 4,000 pieces of personal protective equipment in the form of respiratory…

South Dakota Pork Council Concerned At Covid 19 Case In Smithfield Foods Worker

A Smithfield Foods employee has tested positive for COVID 19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. Smithfield officials says that…

Nebraska Farm Group Leader Says Third Round Of MFP Is Badly Needed

The $2 trillion stimulus package Congress has come up with contains funding for the USDA’s Commodity Credit Corporation. That should…

R CALF Establishes New Website To Give Consumers Access To Beef

Due to reports that beef cases in some grocery stores are empty because of a rush of demand over fears…

IRFA Executive Director Says EPA Needs To Apply SRE Court Decision Nationwide

The deadline has passed for the Trump administration to file an appeal of the 10th Circuit Court decision on refinery…

Petition Drive For Property Tax Relief Progressing In Nebraska

The group True Nebraskans which has mounted a petition drive to place a constitutional amendment on the November 2020 ballot…