AGRICULTURE
SDSU and Bayer CropScience expand wheat breeding partnership
South Dakota State University and Bayer CropScience have signed a non-exclusive agreement that provides Bayer access to a selection of SDSUs spring wheat germplasm. For more visit http://www.prairieb...
Posted on 12/8/11 at 3:20 PM
Areavoices Digest #53 - Two new blogs and three old favorites
I'll keep this short and sweet. We have a couple of great new blogs on Areavoices and three older ones you might have missed. Check them out! If you'd like to see your blog featured in this digest eve...
Posted on 11/9/11 at 2:20 PM
Noem dust bill redux
Congresswoman Kristi Noem's "nuisance dust" bill got some informative comments in the previous post. The bill does, as Cory Heidelberger points out, attempt to exempt an entire category of "particu...
Posted on 10/31/11 at 4:55 AM
South Dakota Farm Girls Show Viewers "The Good Life"
What I love about South Dakota women is that theyre not afraid to show people what theyre made of. True South Dakotans, farm girls, and friends, Laura Nielson and Ange Kapperman have been creating a b...
Posted on 9/27/11 at 7:00 PM
A Story of Corn (or A Corny Story)
Corn is such an important part of our daily lives; we eat it, feed it to livestock, make fuel and oil from it; it is a substance in plastics, papers, medicines and many, many other everyday products. ...
Posted on 8/17/11 at 3:26 PM
Wheat Growers names officers for 2012
ABERDEEN (AP) — The Wheat Growers' board of directors has named its officers for 2012.February 08, 2012
Clark rancher gets probation, fine for defrauding Sioux tribe
SIOUX FALLS (AP) — A South Dakota rancher has been sentenced to 1 ½ years of probation and fined $2,500 for defrauding the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe.February 07, 2012
SD's farmers, ranchers asked about Internet service
RAPID CITY (AP) — More of South Dakota’s rural areas might soon have high-speed Internet as the state’s Bureau of Information and Telecommunications surveys agriculture producers statewide about how they use technology.February 05, 2012
Farm Rescue taking apps for spring planting help
JAMESTOWN, N.D. (AP) — The nonprofit Farm Rescue organization is accepting requests for spring planting help from farmers in the Dakotas, Minnesota and eastern Montana.February 03, 2012
SD Senate OKs ag land assessment change
High commodity prices and strong yields have pushed up land values faster than expected, and some counties consequently are falling farther behind.By Bob Mercer , February 02, 2012
SD's ag mediation service could extend to fed programs 
PIERRE — The state House of Representatives supported a major expansion Tuesday of South Dakota’s agriculture mediation program.
By Bob Mercer , February 01, 2012
SD Brand Board seeks inspection fee hike 
PIERRE — The South Dakota Brand Board will formally consider later this winter whether to raise the fee charged for livestock ownership inspections.
By Bob Mercer , January 31, 2012
SD congressional delegation, FSA official contacts 
January 27, 2012
Meeting held to rally FSA office support in Wessington Springs 
WESSINGTON SPRINGS — Several residents are leading an effort to keep Wessington Springs’ Farm Service Agency office in town.
By Anna Jauhola , January 27, 2012
Large grain elevator soon to open in Tulare 
TULARE (AP) — A new Archer Daniels Midland grain elevator is opening in the spring in the northeastern South Dakota town of Tulare.
January 26, 2012
Damages trial set in Thompson Farms case against Aurora County 
Mitchell Daily Republic coverage cited in request for venue change in related case.
By Anna Jauhola , January 25, 2012
Damages trial scheduled in Thompson Farms vs. Aurora County suit 
Aurora County will not appeal a Jan. 6 decision that found the county liable to pay damages in a farm family’s lawsuit, and the controversy now heads to a trial at which the amount of damages will be determined.
By Anna Jauhola , January 25, 2012
School lunches to have more veggies, whole grains
By MARY CLARE JALONICK , January 25, 2012
Professor warns political strife bad for next farm bill 
By AP , January 25, 2012
South Dakota's milk production up 1 percent with fewer cows 
South Dakota’s milk production rose 1 percent for the most recent quarter from a fewer number of cows.
By AP , January 24, 2012
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