South Dakota

PIERRE, S.D. – The South Dakota Department of Agriculture (SDDA) would like to remind producers to check the source of cover crop seeds and ensure a lab analysis on the seeds …

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Risk Management Agency (RMA) today announced that this year farmers who planted cover crops on prevented plant acres in select counties in North and …

COVID-19 has presented it’s challenges especially in the market place for livestock producers. Those challenges include the shutdown of major packing facilities, backlog of market ready livestock, and on the …

Agricultural groups from North and South Dakota have stepped in to the ring over the fight for the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). The groups say that shutting down the DAPL …

After passing the halfway point of 2020, producers are gearing up for the back half of summer and looking for any indicators of what fall and winter could bring. Brian …

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representatives Dusty Johnson (R-SD) and Henry Cuellar (D-TX) introduced the Direct Interstate Retail Exemption for Certain Transactions (DIRECT) Act. This legislation will allow state inspected meat …

On Friday, June 5, 2020, over 5,000 pounds of pork worth $20,000 were donated to Missoula Food Bank and Community Center from the Missoula County Public Schools (MCPS) Ag Center. …

Northern Ag country is home to many breeds of cattle, with an environment for ranchers and their herds to thrive. There is arguably one breed that generations ago was the …

WASHINGTON—U.S. Sens. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) led a bipartisan group of senators to introduce legislation to expand telemental health services in rural areas. The Home-Based Telemental Health …

A bipartisan, bicameral bill was introduced to allow livestock producers flexibility in this uncertain time of low market prices and reduced packing capacity. The PASTURE (Pandemic Authority Suitable To Utilize …