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Updated: Aug. 3, 2020 at 10:22 AM CDT
The Greater Sioux Falls Chamber of Commerce’s annual Ag Appreciation Day event will take place this week in conjunction with the Sioux Empire Fair at the W.H. Lyon Fairgrounds.
Updated: Jul. 28, 2020 at 10:00 AM CDT
|By Dakota News Now staff
Several state and local agencies have issued a warning about “mystery seeds” that appear to have been sent from China.
Updated: Jul. 17, 2020 at 3:51 PM CDT
|By MICHAEL TARM
A convicted killer from Iowa whose five victims included two young girls is scheduled Friday to become the third federal inmate to be executed this week, following a 17-year pause in federal executions.
Updated: May. 29, 2020 at 2:51 PM CDT
Several groups within South Dakota State University are working to help swine producers under pressure due to COVID-19.
Updated: May. 14, 2020 at 11:21 AM CDT
A spokesperson for Smithfield Foods says a majority of meat being exported to China are "underutilized" products that are generally not consumed in the U.S.
Updated: May. 7, 2020 at 8:23 AM CDT
Tyson Foods plans to reopen its Dakota City, Nebraska, beef plant after closing the facility following a surge of coronavirus cases among workers.
Updated: May. 6, 2020 at 8:52 AM CDT
Part of a meatpacking plant in Worthington that was temporarily shuttered due to a COVID-19 outbreak is set to reopen Wednesday.
Updated: May. 5, 2020 at 2:24 PM CDT
Attorneys General from South Dakota and ten other states are pushing for a federal investigation into suspected national price fixing by the meat packing industry.
Updated: May. 5, 2020 at 8:22 AM CDT
Industrial hemp production in South Dakota is getting closer but there are still regulatory hurdles ahead.
Updated: Apr. 28, 2020 at 9:24 PM CDT
While working to reopen the state, leaders are also looking to reopen the the Smithfield Plant in Sioux Falls as soon as possible.
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Updated: Apr. 22, 2020 at 9:51 AM CDT
|By By RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press
Tyson Foods is suspending operations indefinitely at a large Iowa pork processing plant linked to a growing coronavirus outbreak.
Updated: Apr. 21, 2020 at 8:10 AM CDT
|By By DAVID PITT Associated Press
Restaurant closures due to the coronavirus have contributed to an estimated $5 billion in losses this year for the U.S. pork industry, and almost overnight millions of hogs stacking up on farms now have little value.
Updated: Apr. 20, 2020 at 5:18 PM CDT
|By Scott Engen
After a long, stressful 2019, farmers hoped 2020 would be a bounce back year. But now, the coronavirus pandemic is just the next hurdle farmers face in a laundry list of challenges.
Updated: Apr. 20, 2020 at 8:53 AM CDT
A new study commissioned by the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association says as a result of the COVID 19 pandemic, cattle losses could reach $13.6 billion.
Updated: Apr. 16, 2020 at 11:26 AM CDT
South Dakota lawmakers are leading a bipartisan effort pushing the U.S. Department of agriculture to take immediate action to assist pork producers amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Updated: Apr. 15, 2020 at 11:02 AM CDT
|By By DAVID PITT Associated Press
A group of agriculture economists are estimating the coronavirus pandemic will cause billions of dollars in damage to Iowa's crop and livestock industries.
Updated: Apr. 14, 2020 at 10:39 PM CDT
|By Sam Wright
The closure of the Sioux Falls Smithfield plant has temporarily led pork producers into uncharted territory.
Updated: Apr. 13, 2020 at 10:23 AM CDT
Smithfield Foods announced Monday plans to donate millions of pounds of foot to food banks across the country struggling to meet the increased demand as a result of the COVID-19 virus.
Updated: Mar. 31, 2020 at 8:02 PM CDT
|By Ryan Martin
Farmers and Ranchers face unique challenges every single day, COVID-19 is adding to many of those struggles.
Updated: Mar. 10, 2020 at 8:12 PM CDT
|By Ryan Martin
Grain bin accidents are becoming too common recently. To help educate the agriculture community, the South Dakota Farm Bureau hosted an awareness and educational event in Webster.
Updated: Feb. 26, 2020 at 8:24 AM CST
|By Ryan Martin
The South Dakota Farmer's Union leaders, and many of the members spent the day in Pierre for South Dakota Farmers Union Day.
Updated: Feb. 20, 2020 at 6:07 PM CST
|By Jacob Cersosimo
Fostering Communities of Hope is a daylong event focused on the mental health and suicide prevention of farmers across the state of South Dakota.
Updated: Feb. 18, 2020 at 7:18 PM CST
|By Miranda Paige
Right now, Scott VanderWal, President of the South Dakota Farm Bureau says he doesn't see the coronavirus as much of a threat to our farming economy but if the virus continues to spread here that could change.
Updated: Feb. 13, 2020 at 3:24 PM CST
A California energy company plans to install technology at South Dakota dairy farms that will capture methane from manure and convert it into natural gas.
Updated: Feb. 11, 2020 at 8:49 PM CST
|By Ryan Martin
The annual Watertown Winter Farm Show is officially underway.
Updated: Feb. 8, 2020 at 3:25 PM CST
An agriculture research center on the North Dakota State University campus is plugging plants as an alternative protein source to meat.
Updated: Jan. 31, 2020 at 4:17 PM CST
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is pushing a streamlined permitting process for feedlots, other agriculture projects, and energy development.
Updated: Jan. 24, 2020 at 8:56 AM CST
|By Two former officers at a northwest Iowa agriculture cooperative have pleaded not guilty to federal fraud charges.
Two former officers at a northwest Iowa agriculture cooperative have pleaded not guilty to federal fraud charges.
Updated: Jan. 23, 2020 at 8:02 PM CST
|By Carleen Wild
Recent headlines out of a Wisconsin horse farm say that hay - claimed to have been bought at a South Dakota auction- contributed to the deaths of 16 horses.
Updated: Jan. 22, 2020 at 6:17 PM CST
|By Jenna LeMair
The Sioux Falls farm show displays the newest farming technology and trends out there. It also gives farmers the opportunity to hear from Speaker and Grain Analyst Todd Hultman about what's next after Trump's trade agreement.
Updated: Jan. 16, 2020 at 7:00 PM CST
|By Jacob Cersosimo
South Dakota Farmers have waited for a year-and-a-half for a deal with China to be made.
Updated: Jan. 14, 2020 at 7:43 AM CST
Hay tainted by a toxic beetle is blamed for the deaths of 14 horses and illnesses to dozens of others on a Wisconsin ranch.
Updated: Jan. 9, 2020 at 8:16 PM CST
|By Ricardo Lewis
Governor Kristi Noem has released a potential path that will allow the cultivation of industrial hemp to be legalized in the state of South Dakota. This is a move she's opposed over the last year but is now softening her stance with a few guidelines.
Updated: Jan. 9, 2020 at 10:00 AM CST
Gov. Kristi Noem has released a potential path for South Dakota to legalize industrial hemp, a move she has long opposed.
Updated: Dec. 27, 2019 at 1:23 PM CST
Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe has obtained approval to grow industrial hemp under new rules from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Updated: Dec. 20, 2019 at 6:26 AM CST
South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem says she's asked President Donald Trump to follow through on promises to corn farmers and the ethanol industry.
Updated: Dec. 16, 2019 at 1:02 PM CST
The livestock industry in South Dakota — among the state’s largest economic engines — is undergoing a fundamental transformation that may alter farms, farmers and rural communities for generations to come.
Updated: Dec. 16, 2019 at 7:52 AM CST
A new report found continued expansion of large feedlot operations is leading to division within South Dakota's agriculture industry.
Updated: Dec. 13, 2019 at 5:39 PM CST
|By Ricardo Lewis
The South Dakota Farmers Union said they're not happy about market conditions for South Dakota’s farmers and ranchers.
Updated: Dec. 12, 2019 at 8:27 AM CST
An Iowa State University survey says farmland values in the state rose 2.3% over the past year, despite the trade disputes and declining income.
Updated: Dec. 10, 2019 at 5:06 PM CST
|By Ryan Martin
The 2019 South Dakota Farmers Union Convention is host to hundreds of farmers, ranchers, and agriculture supporters.
Updated: Nov. 26, 2019 at 12:45 PM CST
Iowa farmers are set to receive the most government payments to offset damage from the U.S.’s ongoing trade war with China.
Updated: Nov. 22, 2019 at 8:25 AM CST
Iowa’s farmer-dominated conservation districts are calling for a state ban on planting crops within 30 feet of streams to improve water quality, but the state’s top agricultural official opposes the idea.
Updated: Nov. 21, 2019 at 9:24 AM CST
|By Jill Langland
Some farmers and elevators across the midwest are battling propane shortages that are affecting the already tough farming season this year.
Updated: Nov. 21, 2019 at 7:48 AM CST
Authorities in central Minnesota say someone left “booby traps” in a farmer’s field apparently meant to damage farm equipment.
Updated: Nov. 20, 2019 at 11:16 PM CST
South Dakota's Congressional delegation says a new deal to export U.S. poultry to China may hasten the end of America's trade war with that nation.
Updated: Nov. 19, 2019 at 12:33 PM CST
Two Sioux tribes in South Dakota, the Flandreau Santee and Oglala, have filed applications with the U.S. Department of Agriculture to grow industrial hemp.
Updated: Nov. 15, 2019 at 10:34 AM CST
It's been a bitter harvest for many Minnesota and North Dakota sugar beet farmers.
Updated: Nov. 6, 2019 at 10:27 AM CST
Officials say a late harvest, wet corn and the fall chill have combined to multiply demand for propane in Iowa and other states.
Updated: Nov. 5, 2019 at 11:57 PM CST
|By Jill Langland
Farmers across our region are still feeling the effects of a difficult growing season. From rain, snow, and flooding, many are either just starting or in the middle of harvest.