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PIERRE, S.D. – The recent effort in South Dakota is to strengthen its food supply chain, with a multi-million-dollar project aimed at supporting its producers was discussed at a recent Planning and Development District III meeting at the Davison County Fairgrounds. The plans are linked to two major federal programs. The Biden Administration is implementing […]
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 at the Turner County Fair as part of his daily rounds. The first person he ran into was Gloria Preheim, a fair volunteer since 1979. […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A program designed to fund the most difficult high-speed internet projects in the nation, which are the most rural, remote and unserved communities is rolling out another phase of funding in grants and loans to connect thousands of rural residents, ranchers, farmers and business owners in 22 states and the Marshall Islands […]
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 Agriculture allocated $20 million to the Emergency Grain Storage Facility Assistance Program (EGSFP), which provides financial assistance to producers with losses because of destructions caused by eligible […]
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 exclusively on financing the agricultural industry, recently announced a new grant program that provides start-up funds to individuals just beginning their agricultural businesses. Through this […]
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 at four- year institutions was in agriculture up 7%. National enrollment in ag majors at two-year institutions was up 41 percent. To provide more opportunities […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Agriculture will begin to administer two loan and grant programs worth nearly $11 billion to boost clean energy systems in rural areas, administration officials said Tuesday. Congress approved the federal spending — $9.7 billion for a grant and loan program the department is calling the New Empowering Rural […]
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 NRCS Easements Coordinator Brandon Kottke says those funds are designated within the Prairie Pothole Region of South Dakota, Minnesota and North Dakota. The purpose for […]
