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South Dakota farmers and ranchers are setting aside fewer acres under the federal Conservation Reserve Program. The program, part of the farm bill since 1985, pays farmers and ranchers to keep land out of production as a way to promote wildlife habitat and water quality. When the...

South Dakota farmers and ranchers are setting aside fewer acres under the federal Conservation Reserve Program. The program, part of the farm bill since 1985, pays farmers and ranchers to keep land out of production as a way to promote wildlife habitat and water quality. When the...

In a field of yellow sunflowers, Mike Blaalid suddenly and unexpectedly found himself surrounded by butterflies. It happened when Blaalid, a Pheasants Forever farm bill biologist, stopped Wednesday at a field a few miles northeast of Mitchell, where he hoped to find out if the...

In a field of yellow sunflowers, Mike Blaalid suddenly and unexpectedly found himself surrounded by butterflies. It happened when Blaalid, a Pheasants Forever farm bill biologist, stopped Wednesday at a field a few miles northeast of Mitchell, where he hoped to find out if the Maximilian...

In less than five years, about 82,000 acres of high quality wildlife habitat was enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program in South Dakota. Administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency, CREP is a state-sponsored Conservation Reserve Program...