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FAITH, S.D. – While there were plans for one of the largest ropings in the region to get underway today at the longest running stock show and rodeo in South […]
INDIANAPOLIS, IN – A Belle Fourche, S.D. FFA student is among the national finalists for National Chapter Awards, National FFA Agriscience Fair and Agricultural Proficiency Awards that have been announced […]
PIERRE, S.D. – Farmers Market Week 2023 celebrates the impact of farmers markets on American communities, with SDSPA promoting over 45 markets in South Dakota. These markets serve as hubs […]
PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota is transforming its pork industry with remarkable innovations and advancements, setting new standards for efficient and sustainable pork production. These developments are reshaping how pigs […]
HURON, S.D. – The USDA has announced $60 million in additional disaster relief funding due to high demand from grain producers across nine states. Initially, the United States Department of […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Hoping to beef up its enforcement of anti-competitive practices in the meat and food sectors, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced a partnership between USDA […]
BUFFALO, WY – The American Lamb Board (ALB) is seeking the help of US lamb producers and feeders on their environmental stewardship and other sustainability practices to better inform consumers […]
BROOKINGS, S.D. – Applications are now available for the second SDSU Extension Emerging Sheep Producers Program. The program is for sheep producers who want to develop or improve a full- […]
DESMET, S.D. – Voluntary conservation efforts work best in ranch and farm country, according to NCBA President Todd Wilkinson, DeSmet, S.D. Wilkinson and the NCBA are in support of the […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Lending options for ranchers and farmers are enhanced through USDA’s Farm Service Agency loans that provide access to capital to help ag producers start or expand their […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. Sens. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, have introduced a bill to limit farm bill payments. The Farm Program Integrity Act would create a hard cap of $250,000 in […]
NISLAND, S.D. – The 102nd Butte / Lawrence County Fair opens today with horse shows and continues through Saturday, August 5, 2023 at the historic fairgrounds. According to Chad Mackaben, […]
FORT PIERRE, S.D. — The economic benefits of a proposed carbon capture pipeline came under scrutiny Wednesday during the second day of a permit hearing before state regulators at the […]
PIERRE, S.D. – The Governor’s Agriculture Summit in Watertown, South Dakota, highlighted challenges and opportunities in the state’s agricultural industry. Key concerns include drought and federal farm bill discussions. South […]
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 […]
DEVILS TOWER, WY – It’s positively ‘batty!” On Saturday, July 22nd, the National Park Service and Devils Tower Natural History Association will host the Annual Bat Festival in the Picnic […]
WATERTOWN, S.D. – A spokesperson for the long-standing Hubbard Feeds Watertown location has confirmed it will be closing. The announcement came on July 17, 2023, and the final shutdown date […]
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Farmers in South Dakota and across the U.S. will likely take home less income this year because of increasing input costs and decreasing commodity prices. However, […]
BROOKINGS, S.D. – If you’re in the business of direct meat sales to consumers, an event that will cover meat regulation and food safety issues is being offered in August. […]
HURON, SD – Ag industries grow by identifying opportunities and filling a need. The South Dakota Sheep Grower’s Association (SDSGA) is an example of that when it established a Premium […]
WATERTOWN, S.D. – Among the news coming out of the recent South Dakota Governor’s Agricultural Summit was the announcement of an upcoming trade mission. Luke Lindberg, president and CEO of […]
HASTING, NE – Agriculture plays a huge role in Nebraska’s economy, and is the topic of a bill in Congress getting rare bipartisan support. Brad Lang, ag instructor at Central […]
PIERRE, S.D. – An innovative law in South Dakota has led to a significant decrease in farmland valuations, saving a remarkable $120.5 million. The law, referred to as SDCL 10-6-130, […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Russia on Monday declined to extend the year-old agreement that has allowed Ukrainian grain to move out of Black Sea shipping ports, a move that immediately drove […]
MILES CITY, MT – A program designed to help individuals starting an ag business is now taking applications for one-time $15,000 grants. AgWest Farm Credit, a cooperative lending association focused […]
LINCOLN, NE – Cattle prices are up. There’s no doubt about that. Nominally prices are at or higher than where we were in the 2013 to 2015 cycle. June 2023 […]
PHILIP, S.D. – New owners of Philip Livestock Market are no strangers to the area. The Slovek families are known for generations of ranching and farming. And now, one is […]
PIERRE, SD- The South Dakota Beef Industry Council (SDBIC) begins year four of the Junior Beef Ambassador program, a program giving area youth, ages 5 to 18, the opportunity to share […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Total postsecondary enrollment at public and private colleges was down 2.7% in the fall of 2021, coming out of the pandemic. However, the second largest major increase […]
HURON, S.D. – American Farm Bureau President Zippy Duvall is set to visit South Dakota from July 5 to July 7, 2023, as part of a warm welcome extended by […]
HURON, S.D. – There’s nothing quite like watching a youngster bid on an animal for the very first time. Whether the kids are new to the sheep business or want […]
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 […]
PIERRE, S.D. – Agricultural producers who have not yet completed their crop acreage reports after planting should make an appointment with their local Farm Service Agency (FSA) service center before the applicable deadline. […]
BELLE FOURCHE, S.D. – The Conservation Implementation Strategy (CIS) project Belle Fourche Irrigation and Soil Health will begin its next round of applications in Belle Fourche, serving the community and […]
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 […]
PIERRE, S.D. – Producers, tribal leaders and organizations under the U.S. Department of Agriculture met in Pierre, South Dakota the first week of June for the USDA and Intertribal Agriculture […]
LINCOLN, NE — The Nebraska Farm Bureau and the FBI’s Omaha Field Office partnered to encourage ranchers and farmers to be aware of agriculture threats with a rise in technology […]
GREENWOOD VILLAGE, CO – The cost of storing grain, commonly referred to as the cost of carry, has soared to record highs due to rising interest rates, high commodity prices […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a much-awaited decision from the US Supreme Court, the nation’s highest legal body has ruled in favor of landowners and ag groups to overturn a lower […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. – Recent rainfall in our area, totaling as much as seven inches in some areas, has brought relief from drought conditions. Meteorologist Matthew Bunkers from the Rapid […]
BROOKINGS, S.D. – South Dakota faces a pressing issue as woody plants encroach upon its grasslands, displacing native vegetation. To tackle this challenge head-on, SDSU Extension has secured a significant […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A key bill to incentivize the use of cover crops across the country has been reintroduced. The Conservation Opportunity and Voluntary Environment Resilience (COVER) Program Act, which […]
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 […]
PIERRE, S.D. – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) agencies in South Dakota and Intertribal Agriculture Council (IAC) are co-hosting the Great Plains Indian Ag Summit on June 6 and 7, […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Friday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS) announced that an aytpical case of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), a neurologic disease of cattle, has […]
DENVER, CO – The American Lamb Board (ALB) and the American Sheep Industry Association (ASI) have released the April market summary report. The report summarizes lamb supplies, prices, trade, retail […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – New legislation introduced Monday in the House of Representatives would allow for ethanol from corn starch to qualify as an advanced biofuel. The Fuels Parity Act would […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Industry response has been quiet to a proposal to reduce the total number of board members on the Beef Promotion and Research Board and reducing the number […]
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. – After hearing recent input from ranchers and farmers, USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) has provided additional flexibilities and further enhanced disaster recovery assistance. Livestock producers in the […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Fuel stations throughout the country will be able to sell gasoline blended with 15% ethanol during the summer under an emergency waiver issued Friday by the Environmental […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – USDA’s projections in the May 12, 2023 WASDE report estimate for very large corn and soybean crops this season, and a modestly higher all-wheat harvest. That’s good […]
PHILIP, S.D. – Bill Slovek inherited more than rolling acres of prairie from his father, Earl. He also inherited his legacy of careful land stewardship. Although his father didn’t have […]
HURON, S.D. – South Dakota Farm Bureau (SDFB) has announced 10 winners of the annual SDFB Scholarship. SDFB will award $7,500 in scholarship monies for 2023. Recipients are high school […]
CHEYENNE, WY – The ongoing wild horse management conflicts between private and public land owners and users in Wyoming has led the Bureau of Land Management Wyoming State Office to […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – California’s controversial Proposition 12 stands, as the Supreme Court on Thursday sided with the state and the law that prohibits the sale of pork in the state […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. – Following a two-year application and examination process, Wall Meats is the first meat processing plant in the state of South Dakota to be able to ship […]
DES MOINES, IA – Agricultural educators play a crucial role in their communities, dedicating countless hours and often their own resources to preparing students for successful careers and helping them […]
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – South Dakota News Watch Content Director Bart Pfankuch has won a top national agricultural reporting award for a record third time. The North American Agricultural Journalists […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service has been granted four million dollars to go to landowners enrolled in the Water Bank Program. South Dakota […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – South Dakota rancher Todd Wilkinson doesn’t see the use of USDA electronic identification ear tags as a threat. Rather he sees is as risk protection. Wilkinson, of […]
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – South Dakota ranks sixth in the U.S. in sheep production. And since Dakota Territory days, sheep have played a large role in South Dakota’s livestock industry. […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Unintended consequences. That’s the message agricultural organizations are sending to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regarding a proposed rule designed to track greenhouse gas emissions from […]
PIERRE, S.D. – Whether South Dakota’s efforts to trade directly with the authoritarian regime in Cuba is a wise choice of trading partner, the communist country’s foreign trade officials are […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is bringing the use of many common veterinary antimicrobial drugs under direct veterinary supervision effective June 11, 2023. This is the […]
FARGO, N.D. – A federal court in North Dakota is blocking the Biden Administration’s Waters of the United States rule in South Dakota and nearly two dozen other states. The […]
STILLWATER, OK – The daily 5-Market negotiated cash fed cattle price reported on Thursday, April 6, 2023, by the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service, was $172.33/cwt., a new record daily fed […]
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 […]
LINCOLN, NE – Nebraska and much of the Great Plains have experienced above normal snowfall coupled with extremely cold temperatures and high winds resulting in -20 to -60° F wind […]
North Dakota pastureland values were up 17.1% from 2022 to 2023 while pastureland rents were up 7.1% during the same time, says Bryon Parman, North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension […]
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Eggs have become an expensive purchase in the grocery story or direct-buy, making Dakota Layers’ recent donation to Feeding South Dakota impactful to those facing hunger. […]
PIERRE, S.D. – The South Dakota Specialty Producers Association (SDSPA) is working to determine the economic and employment role of crops besides the standard ones like corn and soybeans. Through […]
BROOKINGS, S.D. – There is countless technology-based equipment available to farmers and increasingly to ranchers, that can detect issues and determine solutions far faster than someone driving through a field […]
STURGIS, S.D. – Scattered across South Dakota and other states are medium-sized concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs). These are operations with fewer than 1,000 beef cattle, 700 diary cows, 2,500 […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In 2022, 17 agricultural producers across Montana received more than $2.3 million in direct funds through USDA Rural Development’s Value- Added Producer Grant (VAPG) program which helps these […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. Producers surveyed across the United States intend to plant 92.0 million acres of corn in 2023, up 4% from last year, according to the Prospective Plantings report released […]
PIERRE, S.D. — State regulators have rejected a Potter County-based grain buyer’s request to accept deliveries from 26 South Dakota producers who have open contracts for sunflowers, safflower and millet. […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – While political tensions between the U.S. and China have increased these past months, it hasn’t affected U.S. agricultural trade to a great degree. Recent sales of U.S. […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that beginning in April it will provide approximately $123 million in additional, automatic financial assistance for qualifying farm loan […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) is calling on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack to continue blocking Paraguay from importing beef to the […]
ST. JOSEPH, MO – The Jim Baldridge Outstanding Leadership Award was designed to recognize one outstanding National Junior Angus Association (NJAA) member each year. In 2023, the scholarship awarded by […]
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 […]
MANHATTAN, KS – Tracking devices tell us everything from the number of steps we take to the amount of calories we consume to the hours of restful sleep we get […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is seeking nominees for two producer positions and one expert in marketing to serve three-year terms on […]
PIERRE, S.D. – Registration is now open for the 2023 South Dakota Governor’s Agricultural Summit (Ag Summit). The Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources (DANR) will host the two-day event […]
DALLAS, TX – Rolling out a product as bold as its name, Tyson Foods has teamed up with Adams Land Cattle, LLC in Nebraska to introduce a new line of […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The monthly Cattle on Feed (COF) report was released Friday, March 17, 2023 with few surprises. On feed numbers March 1 were 96% of last year with […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that producers in counties affected by eligible disaster events in Kentucky, Minnesota, South Dakota, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, North Dakota, and Tennessee […]
WASHBURN, N.D. – Addressing the wellness needs of those working in agriculture or related areas will be the focus of a Rural Resilience Retreat sponsored by North Dakota State University […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) announced appointees who will serve on the South Dakota USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) state committee. Members of the FSA state […]
DENVER, CO – Cattlemen to Cattlemen, the TV show of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA), will air a special episode in honor of National Ag Day March 21. The […]
PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota will process its first hemp fiber in a matter of weeks, and more processors are gearing to fire up their machines soon. A local market […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Farm Bureau Federation and CNH Industrial brands, Case IH and New Holland, signed a memorandum of understanding today that provides farmers and ranchers the right […]
HURON, S.D. – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) officials announced March 17 as the batching date for applications for a special funding opportunity through the popular Environmental Quality Incentives Program […]
PIERRE, S.D. — After a defeat in the Senate, another bill related to foreign ownership of agricultural land in South Dakota is moving forward in the state Legislature. A bill […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Brazil’s beef exports to China have halted today after a case of mad cow disease was confirmed in the northern state of Para, the country’s agriculture and […]
PIERRE, S.D. – Republican Gov. Kristi Noem suffered a second defeat Tuesday on a significant policy initiative. On an 11 to 23 vote, the Senate defeated Senate Bill 185. It […]
PIERRE, S.D. – Ranchers lodged accusations against a state board Thursday at the Capitol in Pierre, and a legislative committee advanced a bill to change the way the board members […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ranchers and farmers along with small plant and animal growers still have time to be counted in the 2022 Census of Agriculture, according to the U.S. Department […]
Paul Herbert Nordstrom was born to Alice (Aune) and Nels Nordstrom on October 19, 1934, at Atwater, Minnesota. […]
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