The latest Dakotafire Café, a series of events intended to spark community and regional conversations, will be from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 3, at the Front Porch restaurant in Langford, S.D. Dakotafire Cafés intend to get people talking about the topic presented in the latest issue of Dakotafire magazine, according to Dakotafire Publisher and Editor Heidi Marttila-Losure. “Most ... Read More »
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Vilsack tells rural advocates to make their case for rural America
After raising the issue of the relevancy of rural places to the national political conversation last December, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack took a step beyond that Tuesday as he addressed the National Rural Assembly: Why aren’t rural advocates outraged when rural places are dismissed as irrelevant? Read More »
S.D. ag land assessments jump as much as 25 percent—but they could be even higher
Many S.D. landowners likely noticed a significant bump on the valuation of their land in the 2013 tax assessments that arrived in their mailboxes in early March. Read More »
Ag land valuations continue to rise in Clark County
The 2013 Clark County assessment valuations will be mailed out by March 1, 2013, and the value of property is dependent upon the type of property owned and where it is located. "Ag land will be increasing again, which is really no big surprise," Clark County Director of Equalization David Paulson stated. Read More »