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PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota landowners enrolled almost 159,000 acres this year — nearly 250 square miles — into a federal conservation program that pays them to use management practices […]
CAPUTA, S.D. – Cattle and grazing organizations and members of Congress are weighing in on a legal case involving a long-time ranch family. A grand jury indicted South Dakota ranchers […]
FORT PIERRE, S.D. — South Dakota state lawmakers have spent a lot of time talking about “workforce housing” over the last several years. From small communities to large, the need […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – China’s farmland buys in the U.S. are attracting new attention on Capitol Hill. The House Select Committee on US-CCP Competition, chaired by Michigan Republican John Moolenaar has […]
COLUMBIA, MO – Cropland values continue to rise, according to the USDA’s latest land values report. Ag economist Scott Brown says nationally there was a 4.7 percent jump year-over-year, but […]
PIERRE, S.D. – During testimony last week on a bill to ban ownership of agricultural land by foreigners from six countries, a state official told lawmakers that Chinese spies visited South […]
PARADE, S.D. – Arden Petersen’s roots run deep in South Dakota. According to the Family Tree of Pictures his mom June created long ago, Arden is the grandson of Cheyenne […]
PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota’s Governor, Kristi Noem, is taking decisive steps to safeguard the state’s agricultural interests. She is reviving a legislative effort aimed at redefining laws around foreign […]
PIERRE, S.D. — In a South Dakota Supreme Court ruling last week, owners of undeveloped property along a highway in Rapid City can’t be compensated for a taking after the […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Foreign investment in U.S. agricultural land is a hot topic, largely spurred by politicians raising concerns about bad actors from adversarial nations purchasing land for potentially hostile […]
PIERRE, S.D. – The Great Plains lost 1.6 million acres of grasslands in 2021. That’s according to a World Wildlife Fund report released on Thursday, detailing the loss of grasslands […]
HELENA, MT – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen called on a federal appeals board to overturn a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) final decision that rubber stamped a controversial and […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Agricultural land values increased by $280 an acre over 2022, according to USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. The Land Values 2023 Summary report, released on August 4, […]
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 […]
CUSTER COUNTY, S.D. —A compound in South Dakota’s Black Hills that was owned by a secretive polygamous cult has a new owner. The 140 acres compound near Pringle, S.D., was […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. – The South Dakota State Historical Society’s virtual “History Talks” speaker in February will be historical consultant Michael Lawson speaking about his book, “Dammed Indians Revisited: The Continuing […]
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 […]
PIERRE, SD – South Dakota’s farm real estate value, a measurement of the value of all land and buildings on farms, increased from 2021, according to USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics […]
RENO, NV – The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) announced that JY Ferry & Son, Inc. in Corinne, Utah, is the 2021 Environmental Stewardship Award Program (ESAP) national winner. The […]
CHEYENNE, WY – The state of is asking a federal panel to block a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) purchase of Marton Ranch land in Carbon and Natrona counties. On […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, and Roger Marshall (R-KS) led 19 colleagues in a letter to White House […]
OMAHA, NE – The stronger land prices of late 2021 have continued higher during the first months of 2022. After a calmer period at the start of the year; the […]
PIERRE, SD – A bill to ban state Game, Fish and Parks officers from entering onto private lands is likely to be revived on the floor of the State Senate […]
PIERRE, SD – South Dakota’s number of farms and ranches remained unchanged during 2020, according to USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. The number of farms and ranches in the state, […]
Larry John Johnson, a cherished husband, father, grandfather, and friend, passed away on January 14, 2025, at the […]
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