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With cattle inventories still under pressure, beef-on-dairy crossbreds are providing the industry with a critical supply of cattle DENVER, CO — New data from the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service is […]
BROOKINGS, S.D. – Medgene Labs, a South Dakota based animal health company, has begun a field trial on their H5N1 vaccine in cattle. The trial began in October at a […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to embark on a year-long study beginning next month that will test samples for evidence of highly pathogenic avian influenza from […]
PIERRE, S.D. – The current outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, which traces all the way back to 2022, is unusual in not only the fact that it’s infecting dairy […]
HURON, S.D. — There will be a new requirement specifically for dairy cows during the South Dakota State Fair that starts next month. Exhibitors must test all lactating cows for […]
PIERRE, S.D.— Five dairies in South Dakota have now had cows test positive for avian influenza as part of a nationwide H5N1 outbreak. State Veterinarian Beth Thompson shared the information […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has confirmed a new human case of the H5 bird flu in Colorado, the first in the state and […]
URBANA, ILL – Dairy cows infected with avian flu in five U.S. states have died or been slaughtered by farmers because they did not recover, state officials and academics told […]
STURGIS, S.D. – In just a few days, the number of states with dairy herds testing positive for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), a disease that is highly contagious and […]
WASHINGTON, May 30, 2024 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced it is taking several additional actions to ensure the health and viability of the nation’s livestock and poultry. In the […]
LANSING, MI – The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) is announcing the first case of influenza A (H5) virus identified in a Michigan farmworker who had regular […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Agriculture Department’s Animal and Plant Health Service issued a Final Rule on traceability of sexually intact cattle and bison 18 months of age or older, all […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Earlier this week, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a new federal order requiring all dairy cattle to be tested for bovine influenza A, also called […]
PIERRE, S.D. – The South Dakota Department of Agriculture (DANR) and the Animal Industry Board (AIB) have received confirmation from the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Veterinary Services […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Livestock at multiple dairy farms across the U.S. have tested positive for bird flu — also known as highly pathogenic avian influenza, or HPAI — in an […]
PIERRE, S.D. – Governor Kristi Noem’s unwavering commitment to expanding South Dakota’s dairy industry has yielded remarkable growth, as confirmed by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) in January […]
PIERRE, S.D. — A legislative budget committee endorsed a bill Tuesday that would repeal $7.5 million in state funding for South Dakota State University to construct a new dairy research and training […]
BROOKINGS, S.D. – The Dairy Research and Training Facility at South Dakota State University will close by the end of June. Administrators at South Dakota State University (SDSU) have decided […]
HAZEL, S.D. — People in Hamlin County gathered to hear plans by one of the largest dairy farms in the country that wants to build another one in their back […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The purpose of the Federal Milk Marketing Order is coming under question during USDA’s hearing. The debate is being watched closely by South Dakota’s dairy industry that led […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced $23 million in grant funding is available to support processing capacity expansion, on-farm improvements, and technical assistance services to producers […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Farm Bureau Federation told Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Wednesday that requests to increase make allowances fall short of fairly supporting dairy farmers. In the simplest […]
SIOUX FALLS, SD – The I-29 Moo University Dairy Beef Short Course is scheduled for March 29 as part of the pre-educational events for the Central Plains Dairy Expo. It […]
STURGIS, SD – One of the hardest days of Dr. Kent Wright’s life was watching the cattle as they were driven away from his family’s third-generation dairy farm in Sebeka, […]
MADISON, WI – The pictures are alarming. Hundreds of thousands of gallons of milk being dumped by dairy farmers across the country. As the coronavirus pandemic forces restaurants and schools […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Foreign ownership of U.S. ag land and businesses has long been a hot-button issue in parts of farm and ranch country. Two U.S. Senators, one from South […]
PARK RIDGE, IL – Two South Dakotan’s have been named to U.S. Farmers & Ranchers In Action (USFRA) board of directors. The newly elected directors are: “Each of our new […]
OMAHA, NE — The latest USDA World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) for livestock contained a number of new considerations for dairy and beef, while also reflecting the ongoing […]
LINCOLN, NE – A bill to exempt Nebraska feedlots from brand inspections, audits and related fees is drawing both criticism and support from state ag groups. Criag Uden, president-elect of […]
SAN ANTONIO, TX – As Nebraska cattleman Buck Wehrbein moved into his new role as president of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA), he noted there are both challenges and […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) updated three livestock disaster assistance programs to synchronize deadlines and streamline program delivery. The changes take effect for the 2024 program applications […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – There are fewer beef cows in the U.S. today than there were a year ago, which pushes the U.S. beef cow herd to yet another historic low.” […]
SAN ANTONIO, TX – Farmer and rancher delegates to the American Farm Bureau Federation’s 106th Convention adopted policies to guide the organization’s work in 2025. Key topics ranged from labor […]
Direct farm aid climbed during Trump’s first term, from $11.5 billion in 2017 to more than $32 billion in 2020 — more than the federal government spends each year building […]
The bill would add a new section to state law that would make it more difficult for the public, the press and local governments from obtaining information about the state’s […]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) reminds producers, including dairy producers impacted by H5N1, that the deadline to apply for financial assistance through the Emergency Assistance […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. – County Commissioners in four South Dakota counties have approved resolutions calling for elected officials to stop the federal mandatory livestock electronic identification program. According to South […]
Grow it here, process it here: South Dakota sees big financial benefit to adding ag processing to ag production MITCHELL, S.D. – Several cranes tower above a busy construction site […]
Mary Ann Wendelken was born in Belle Fourche, SD on October 7, 1928 to parents Ralph and Anne Wendelken as the youngest of four children, joining brother Jim and two […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. continues to benefit from solid economic growth, low unemployment and moderating inflation. From today’s vantage point, the U.S. economy seems likely to continue on that […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has vowed to “weaponize” regulatory agencies against modern agriculture and undo decades of farm policy. […]
INDIANAPOLIS, IN. — Students flooded the city of Indianapolis with an attendance of over 72,000 FFA members for National FFA Convention October 23-26 as they attended workshops, competed in different […]
CROOK COUNTY, OR – In a concerning development for animal health surveillance, a pig on a small farm in Crook County, Oregon, has tested positive for the H5N1 bird flu […]
The new rule, which has taken on more importance due to H5N1 avian influenza in dairy cows, is set to take effect in early November. But ranchers and farmers are […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. – The South Dakota Stockgrowers (SDSGA) will host a “Freedom Rally” in Rapid City, Oct. 7, 2024, to kick off it’s annual convention at the Ramkota Hotel […]
PATRICIA LOU HABECK (Jensen) was born July 23, 1938 in Fargo, ND. She was the daughter of Carl and Helen (Johnson) Jensen. Patsy grew up on farms in northern MN, […]
SACREMENTO, CA – Dairy farms in California have reported H5N1 infections in three herds, making the nation’s top milk-producing state the 14th in the nation to report bird flu in […]
George Leach, age 85 of Belle Fourche, died Monday, September 2, 2024 at the Monument Health Rapid City Hospital following a tragic automobile accident. The funeral service will be held […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The United States Supreme Court handed down their long-awaited opinion in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo this spring, overruling decades of settled precedent and effectively gutting the power […]
BROOKINGS, S.D. – In 2015, the federal government issued a challenge to the animal health industry: Come up with technology that would enable it to react quickly to foreign diseases […]
Bobbie Faye (Brownlow) Wilson, was born December 26, 1932 in Daugherty, TX, the daughter of Emory Isaac (Buck) and Faye (Russell) Brownlow. She went to be with Jesus at home […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Federal health officials are encouraging farm workers who tend livestock and poultry to get vaccinated for seasonal influenza to help prevent a bird flu mutation that might […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The farm bill is already a year late, the stakes are high, and time is running out. The American Farm Bureau released its Market Intel Analysis of […]
Jeff Strehlow, 62, of Hettinger, ND passed away from a tragic truck accident north of Haynes, ND on Thursday, July 11, 2024. Service of Remembrance will be Monday, July 22, […]
MADISON, WI – The Director of the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Lab says distributing more than $825 million dollars from the USDA Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honey Bees, and Farm-raised Fish […]
Allen Henning Sjovall, 79, of Nisland, SD, passed away Sunday, June 16, 2024 at the Fort Meade VA Hospital, Fort Meade, SD, following a battle with lung cancer. Allen was […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Federal health officials have commissioned Moderna to develop a vaccine to protect people from an avian influenza that has been circulating in dairy cattle in recent months. […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Republicans moved their long-awaited new farm bill through the U.S. House Agriculture Committee last week, despite opposition from most Democrats that could stall further advancement of the […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that it will compensate farms impacted by highly pathogenic bovine influenza (a strain of avian flu) for loss of milk production. […]
STURGIS, S.D. – Recently, the agricultural markets were on a roller coaster due to concerns over bovine influenza A virus (also known as avian influenza in poultry and wild bird […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – After collecting 30 samples of ground beef from retail outlets in the states with dairy cattle herds that had tested positive for the H5N1 influenza virus at […]
BROOKINGS — A new facility sending renewable natural gas made from dairy cattle manure to local energy customers could be the first of several such plants, a utility company said […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – South Dakota is among those states where samples of ground beef at retail stores are being taken as the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the livestock […]
STURGIS, S.D. – South Dakota is among eight states where fresh and frozen beef products have been banned from Columbia. The move from the South American country comes in response […]
VALLEY SPRINGS, S.D. — Ranchers urged Republican U.S. Senators John Thune of South Dakota and John Boozman of Arkansas to consider grasslands and cattle – not just crop support – […]
Bertha Warner, age 88, of Rapid City, South Dakota, died on Wednesday, March 20, 2024 at Avantara North Assisted Living Center in Rapid City. Funeral services will take place at […]
PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota has become the eighth state to confirm an outbreak of bovine influenza A virus (BIAV) (also known as highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in poultry […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Cold storage, particularly for red meat and poultry, is an important part of the protein supply chain, with meat in cold storage coming from a variety of […]
SIOUX FALLS — At a roundtable that Rep. Dusty Johnson organized Monday to discuss “the impact of the Chinese Communist Party,” some South Dakota business and agricultural leaders told him […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Monday, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the USDA confirmed that highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) was found in one person who had recently been […]
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – As a former national security adviser to former Vice President Mike Pence and a woman who grew up in small-town South Dakota, Army Col. Andrea Thompson […]
BISON, S.D. – Ranchers interested in Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) Certification and the benefits it provides, can attend a training session coming up in Bison. The BQA program is a […]
Glenn Stephens, age 94 of St. Onge, went home to heaven with his loving family by his side at his home on Friday, February 9, 2024. The funeral service will […]
BROOKINGS, S.D. – The Beef Quality Assurance program is a key educational initiative for beef and dairy farmers and ranchers in South Dakota. It connects producers with the latest research […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. The U.S. economy has remained remarkably steady despite an unrelenting series of shocks over the last three years. America’s economic resilience was again on display throughout 2023, as […]
PIERRE, S.D. – The Governor’s Office of Economic Development Board of Economic Development and the Economic Development Finance Authority took action at this month’s meetings, approving a total of $12.5 […]
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – A large feedlot near Watertown with about 10,000 cattle was recently disciplined for not properly managing its manure. But not by the state. It was the […]
WASHINGTON, D.C.– The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released a package of rules and orders that seek to increase competition in the livestock industry. The package establishes a Chief Competition […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – September beef and pork production were significantly lower than last year, according to USDA. The beef total fell because of tighter market ready supplies, while the decline […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – More federal legislation continues to be introduced all in the interest of understanding livestock market concentration and its affects on U.S. producers. The latest in a long […]
Note: This September report marks the 50th anniversary of WASDE reports. The WASDE report was created after the Great Grain Robbery of 1972 with the first WASDE report coming out […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The USDA released its updated WASDE report on August 11, 2023. The August WASDE is the first WASDE report that incorporates farmer surveys and satellite imagery into […]
PIERRE, S.D. – As political apprehension over the U.S.-China relationship rises, South Dakota ranchers and farmers find themselves forced to think more globally and find a way to support American […]
GRAND ISLAND, NE – From carnival rides to treats on a stick, the Nebraska State Fair has a lot to offer any youngster. But it also has a lot to […]
PARKER, S.D. – Bob Merrill just couldn’t help himself. Despite bad ankles that require the use of a walking stick, the 84-year-old dairy farmer recently hobbled into an exhibit hall […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. red meat production declined during June. The USDA says production of 4.552 billion pounds was down 4% on the year, with beef falling 5% and pork […]
DIMOCK, S.D. – Ron Neugebauer has been farming in South Dakota for more than 60 years. He began in the early 1960s when he was in high school. By the time […]
HEREFORD, TX – Major flooding in North Texas near Amarillo resulted in thousands of cattle dying at the Circle Three Feed Yard in Castro County, according to the Texas Cattle […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) President Todd Wilkinson testified recently before the House Agriculture Committee Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry at a hearing titled “A Review […]
CHAMBERLAIN, S.D. – Highland cattle breeders representing hundreds of farms and ranches from across the country will celebrate the 75th anniversary of the American Highland Cattle Association (AHCA) with a […]
PIERRE, S.D. – You are steeped in agriculture. You might not know it, but you are. It doesn’t matter if you live in Sioux Falls, Brookings, Yankton, Aberdeen, Mitchell or […]
FARGO, N.D. – Rose Wendel, a freshman in liberal arts from Lamoure, North Dakota, was named the overall showman at the 97th Little International at North Dakota State University. Wendel […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – According to the most recent Congressional Budget Office’s (COB) baseline, the 2023 Farm Bill is estimated to cost $1.295 trillion over 10 years, making it the first […]
PIERRE, S.D. South Dakota taxpayers could pay millions of dollars in unexpected expenses caused by inflation and workforce challenges that are hitting the construction industry. Nine bills have been filed […]
PIERRE, S.D. – Over $5 million in taxpayer funding is on the way to concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFO) in South Dakota. The Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED) approved […]
LINCOLN, NE. —This year, the Nebraska Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) program was the highlights of the Closing General Session “A BQA Celebration” at the 2023 Cattle Industry Convention. Since 2009, […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The top 10% of recipients of federal farm payments raked in more than 79% of total subsidies over the last 25 years — producing billions of dollars […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is proposing to amend animal disease traceability regulations and require electronic identification for […]
EAGLE BUTTE, SD – When spring hits, Kelsey Scott finally breathes a sigh of relief. Come May, her 120 cows will be ready to birth calves, and as the weather […]
PIERRE, S.D. – Gov. Kristi Noem and two state lawmakers are proposing legislation to restrict foreign purchases of agricultural land in South Dakota. Noem specifically zeroed in on China. “With […]
Delores “Dee” Cain, age 82 of Belle Fourche died Wednesday, March 12, 2025 at the Hospice House in […]
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