Mitt Romney is running behind in many of the major polls making headlines in the latter part of September, but one demographic is providing good news for the Romney campaign: rural voters in battleground states. Read More »
Antibiotics are considered the crown jewels of modern medicine. But many scientists say that their effectiveness is being eroded by indiscriminate use, both to treat infections in people and to encourage growth in chickens, turkeys, cows and pigs. Read More »
Unlike their West River counterparts, most Day County and northeast South Dakota livestock producers aren’t culling their herds due to drought and/or the specter of high feed prices. Read More »
With the revived interest in poultry come new ideas about how to keep them, including innovative designs for chicken tractors—mobile cages that get chickens outside and scratching on grass and dirt (or in unused corners of your garden, where they fertilize as they go) but that keep them safe from predators. Read More »
Hay prices have jumped dramatically as drought in many of the nation's key hay-producing areas has decimated the supply. Read More »
The learning experiences that 4-H provides have been given a boost through the reorganization of SDSU Extension. Read More »
Members of a South African farm group toured eastern South Dakota last week to learn the cultivation practices of no-till and zone tillage farms. Read More »
Chris Laingen, an assistant professor of geography at Eastern Illinois University who is working on creating an updated delineation of the Corn Belt, was in South Dakota a few weeks ago and snapped these pictures on his tour. They give a bit of a perspective on how much agriculture has changed in the 123 years South Dakota has been a ... Read More »
In response to concerns about water management in the state, South Dakota Farmers Union will host a meeting in Britton on Monday, Aug. 6, to address water problems. Read More »
More than half of U.S. counties are now disaster areas, 90 percent because of the ongoing drought that has been brutalizing the nation. Read More »
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