Friday, December 11, 2015
Sunday, July 10, 2016
Back in 1965, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology chemistry professor Dr. John W. Willard had hopes, but no real evidence, to show how much his chance discovery might change the world.
Monday, October 26, 2015
The new offices of South Dakota State University Extension Rapid City Regional Center and the South Dakota Department of Agriculture Western Ag Development Office open in Rapid City this week.
Sunday, October 18, 2015
SPEARFISH | Sixteen months after forging a partnership between Black Hills State University, area retailers and restaurants, and local farmers, a program that seeks to create a closer connection between local food producers and consumers has blossomed into a fully functioning network.
Tuesday, September 29, 2015
PIERRE | A Black Hills state lawmaker said Monday he wants production and sale of industrial hemp to become legal in South Dakota.
Tuesday, September 22, 2015
SIOUX FALLS | A week of warm, windy weather has advanced the maturity of crops in South Dakota.
Tuesday, September 15, 2015
SIOUX FALLS | A week of warm, dry weather in South Dakota has advanced the maturity of crops including corn and soybeans.
Monday, September 14, 2015
OAKES, N.D. | Four miles south of Oakes, on the west side of N.D. Highway 1, a 20-acre plot features a patch of carefully cultivated crops.
Thursday, August 20, 2015
SIOUX FALLS | The percentage of farms with access to computers is slightly higher in the Dakotas than in the nation as a whole.
Friday, July 17, 2015
Before 2013, Reed Cammack had never dealt with a large outbreak of pinkeye bedeviling his cattle.
Tuesday, May 19, 2015
SIOUX FALLS | South Dakota Stockgrowers Association President Bob Fortune says Congress shouldn't hastily act on repealing country-of-origin meat labeling.
Tuesday, May 05, 2015
Starting Monday and running for 60 days, Pennington County agriculture producers can apply for cost-sharing money and technical assistance in dealing with the drought.
Friday, April 03, 2015
South Dakota State University is calling for nominations for the 88th Eminent Farmer/Rancher and Homemaker awards program.
Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Officials with the South Dakota State University Extension advise area farmers to check their winter wheat and alfalfa fields for army cutworms.
Thursday, March 12, 2015
BISMARCK, N.D. | Unseasonably warm weather in the Dakotas is giving a boost to cattle ranchers in the midst of spring calving, though the balmy conditions do create a few concerns.
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
The South Dakota Stockgrowers Association announced Monday that opponents of the United States' country-of-origin labeling law have dismissed their federal lawsuit and will not launch a Supreme Court challenge.
Tuesday, February 03, 2015
PIERRE | The state Senate Appropriations Committee will consider a $151,000 request to study potential tax shifts for agriculture property, an issue that has generated much controversy in Pennington County.
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
The South Dakota 2015 Pest Management Guides are now available online and will soon be available at South Dakota State University's Regional Extension Centers.
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
No manual exists to guide the removal of the 40 or so cattle carcasses stuck in the ice at the White Clay Reservoir.
Tuesday, December 23, 2014
When December comes to an end, the only things left from a long line of John Deere Green tractors in RDO Equipment parking lot in Rapid City may be the imprint of tire treads in the soft ground.
Sunday, December 14, 2014
ST. ONGE | All it took was a slight nod of the head or a flick of the finger from a potential buyer to send the auctioneer at the St. Onge Livestock Company further into a rat-a-tat chant.
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Beginning in Januray, South Dakota State University Extension will present a five-part webinar on managing replacement heifers.
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
The Black Hills Stock Show's annual Stockman's Banquet and Ball moves from Wednesday to Saturday, Jan. 31, the opening weekend of the popular 57th annual winter event.
The South Dakota Cattlemen's Association will hold its 66th annual convention and trade show, Dec. 3 and 4, at the Aberdeen Ramkota Convention Center.
Sunday, November 09, 2014
The next big thing for Georgia farmers could be drones.
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
SIOUX FALLS | A week of warm, dry weather has helped South Dakota farmers with the harvest, but much of the corn and sunflower crops remain in the field.
A ruling by the World Trade Organization against a U.S. meat-labeling law could avert retaliatory tariffs by Mexico and Canada, an area cattle broker said.
Friday, October 17, 2014
YANKTON | Some corn fields in the Dakotas might not be harvested until spring, in a situation similar to one several years ago, a climatologist with the National Drought Mitigation Center says.
Friday, October 10, 2014
SIOUX FALLS | South Dakota's soybean crop is forecast at a record-high 220 million bushels, up 18 percent from last year.
DES MOINES, Iowa | The U.S. Department of Agriculture says the expected record corn and soybean harvest will be slightly bigger than previously estimated.
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