Headed into 2022, the question on famers and producers’ minds is what does the weather hold for South Dakota next year, and will it combat ongoing drought conditions.
A recent South Dakota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) hearing on wind turbines is the latest example of the fiery debate that turbines have struck up.
An internal Environmental Protection Agency report says agency officials during the Trump administration in 2018 improperly influenced a decision to re-approve use of dicamba, a herbicide blamed for crop damage in hundreds of lawsuits.
U.S. farmers have had plenty to worry about in the last two years, from low prices and bad weather to trade fights and problems tied to the coronavirus pandemic.
Restitution of more than $15 million has been ordered in South Dakota for the man who defrauded wholesale seed distributors by passing off non-organic products as more expensive organic goods.
South Dakota Sen. Mike Rounds has reintroduced a bill that would allow meat and poultry products inspected by state Meat and Poultry Inspection programs to be sold across state lines.
President Doug Sombke told WNAX in Yankton, the organization is now working with lawmakers to write a bill that would put the State Agriculture Secretary position on the ballot rather than Governor Noem appointing the position.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is estimating that 550,000 acres of Iowa corn will not be harvested this fall due to damage caused by the Aug. 10 wind storm that swept across the state.
Walmart’s online sales are growing rapidly, especially during the pandemic, when more people have turned to the company to order groceries online and pick them up at a store.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A group of agriculture economists are estimating the coronavirus pandemic will cause billions of dollars in damage to Iowa's crop and livestock industries.
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.
