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The 2024-2025 South Dakota FFA Officer team includes: President Maya Howard, Miller; Vice President Raul Berrones, Milbank; Secretary Ethan Hendrix, Rapid City Stevens; Treasurer Bailey Weegar, Viborg-Hurley; Reporter Hailey Kizer, Howard; and Sentinel Ben Storm, Sturgis. (Photo SD FFA Foundation)

New officers elected to serve South Dakota FFA

April 29, 2024
Agriculture

BROOKINGS, S.D. – Six South Dakota FFA members were elected to serve as the 2024-2025 South Dakota FFA Officer team at the 96th South Dakota FFA Convention, April 18-20, 2024. As state officers, they will represent more than 6,437 South Dakota FFA members. The 2024-2025 South Dakota FFA Officer team includes: President Maya Howard, Miller; […]

One of the hallmarks of agricultural education and the FFA is the opportunity to showcase skills learned in classrooms and spotlighted through competitive events. Pictured is the 1st Place Team in Natural Resources, Advisors Josh Johnson and Michelle Dykstra. Team members: Shane Harming, Blake Herrig, Andrew Dammen and Joseph Fitzpatrick. (Photo SD FFA Foundation)

Members Shine in FFA Career Development Events

April 29, 2024
Agriculture

BROOKINGS, S.D. – FFA members are preparing for agriculture careers, learning the role agriculture plays in feeding and clothing the world, and looking for opportunities to grow the industry. FFA’s Career Development Events are built around ag industry careers, expose members to many of the opportunities and needs in the agriculture sector, and enable them […]

Among trailblazers of women in rodeo are these National Cowgirl Museum & Hall of Fame inductees who paved the way for female ropers. Photo Visit Fort Worth

Hall of Fame Ropers Who Paved Way For Women In Rodeo

April 26, 2024
Agriculture, Sports

FORT WORTH, TX – While the recent developments in roping history have introduced some exciting opportunities to today’s female ropers, the fact remains that the men have shared rodeo history with their roping counterparts for more than 125 years. A stone’s throw away from the Will Rogers Memorial Center, home to the USTRC’s 2024 Cinch […]

Lunatic From Hell competed at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo from 2014-23. Photo PRCA / Hailey Rae

Legendary saddle bronc “Lunatic From Hell” remembered

April 26, 2024
Agriculture, Sports

GILETTE, WY – Burch Rodeo’s “Lunatic From Hell,” the 2018 PRCA Saddle Bronc Horse of the Year, passed away April 22. He was 16. Chad Burch of Burch Rodeo told ProRodeo Sports News “Lunatic From Hell” passed away from colic on the way from the stock contractor’s ranch in Gillette, Wyo., to Clovis, Calif. “We did everything […]

The federal government is racing to complete testing, using a variety of methods that include lab tests and sampling milk and other dairy products at various stages of processing and on store shelves. Photo by Gerald Herbert/AP.

Mandatory testing, tracing of all dairy cattle required

April 26, 2024
Agriculture, Top Story

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 H5N1, (also known as highly pathogenic avian influenza in poultry and birds) before being moved across state lines. It also requires tracing the previous movements […]

The final Public Lands rule drew criticism from congressional and industry leaders.

Public land users blast final BLM management rule

April 23, 2024
Agriculture

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Department of the Interior (DOI) announced a final rule to help guide the balanced management of America’s public lands. DOI says the final Public Lands Rule provides tools for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to help improve the health and resilience of public lands in the face of a changing […]

Historically, E15 sales were banned in the summer months due to claim that the blend increased smog.

Sale Of E15 Gasoline Positive News For South Dakota

April 22, 2024
Agriculture

WASHINGTON, S.D. – South Dakotans and drivers nation-wide looking for cost-savings in gas prices just got a reprieve from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The agency has recently issued an emergency fuel waiver allowing the sale of E15 gasoline, a blend containing 15% ethanol, during the upcoming summer driving season. This decision is particularly […]

The South Dakota State Fair will open earlier this year so that livestock judging can be spread out over an extra day.

SD State Fair Adds Extra Day For Livestock Exhibits

April 22, 2024
Agriculture

PIERRE, S.D. — The South Dakota State Fair will open earlier this year so that livestock judging can be spread out over an extra day, according to the fair’s manager. Peggy Besch told the Legislature’s Rules Review Committee recently that the new plan calls for the annual event in Huron to start on the Wednesday […]

outh Dakota State University held their 32nd annual bull sale April 12 at the Cow-Calf Education and Research Facility in Brookings, South Dakota. (Kennedy Tesch / Agweek)

Students gain hands-on experience at SDSU bull sale

April 22, 2024
Agriculture

BROOKINGS, S.D. – There’s plenty to learn about raising them. But how do you go about selling them? South Dakota State University (SDSU) held its 32nd annual bull sale, giving students in the seedstock merchandising class a unique opportunity to learn the ropes of running a livestock auction. Cheyenne Hulstein, a senior animal science student, […]

The board in its decision, overrode the recommendations of the state veterinarian, Dr. Beth Thompson, and the board’s attorney that the license application for South Dakota Horse Sales should either be held in abeyance or denied.

Despite concerns, agency grants auction agency license

April 22, 2024
Agriculture

PIERRE, S.D. — Pam and Kyle Petersen didn’t tell the truth in some of the answers on their official application. But that didn’t stop the South Dakota Animal Industry Board from granting their new business a state auction agency license. The board in its decision, overrode the recommendations of the state veterinarian, Dr. Beth Thompson, […]

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