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More farmers join discrimination lawsuit against USDA
Farmers from Minnesota and North Dakota recently joined a discrimination lawsuit against the Department of Agriculture. The group behind the lawsuit alleges a USDA COVID-19 relief program for socially...
Jody Heemstra Jul 21, 2021 PRSA-NY / CC
Pierre to waive late fees on April and May city utility bills
The Pierre City Commission is providing a little relief for utility customers. For the months of April and May, the City will waive past due fees for people who can't pay their utility bill on time. T...
Apr 01, 2020
SDRA Season Still Scheduled to be Held
PIERRE, S.D – Memorial Day weekend is usually the start to the South Dakota Rodeo Association season. But the traditional SDRA season opener won’t take place, as the Wessington Springs Foo...
Jody Heemstra Apr 25, 2020
Former chairs of US House Committee on Agriculture to discuss their time in Congress and 200th anniversary of the Committee
House Agriculture Chairman Collin Peterson of Minnesota, Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman and former House Agriculture Committee Chair Pat Roberts of Kansas, and former House Agriculture Committe...
Jody Heemstra Dec 03, 2020
Brazil's commodity exports to Arab nations rising quickly
Reuters says Brazilian exports to the 22 countries in the League of Arab Nations rose in the first quarter amid a spike in agricultural commodities and a drive to stock up on food. Brazil's total expo...
Jody Heemstra May 05, 2022 Douglas Fernandes / CC
Sports Scoreboard - Wednesday, February 1, 2023
BOYS HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY Brookings 8, Sioux Falls 2 1 SD MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL Jamestown 84, Dakota Wesleyan 71 Briar Cliff 81, Mount Marty 66 SD WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL Jamestown 66, Dakota Wesl...
Feb 02, 2023
5 From Pierre Named Academic All State Baseball
PIERRE, S.D. – Five players from Pierre were named to the 2020 Academic Class A All State Baseball team named by the South Dakota High School Baseball Coaches Association. The four from Pierre a...
Jody Heemstra May 19, 2020
Students celebrate agriculture and leadership during National FFA Week this week
More than 735,000 FFA members across the country will share the story of agriculture as part of National FFA Week. The week started Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022, and culminates on Saturday, Feb. 26. "...
Jody Heemstra Feb 21, 2022
Cow-calf producers with larger paddocks rotate cattle less frequently
USDA's Economic Research Service reports that as average paddock size increases, farmers and ranchers tend to rotate their cattle less frequently. Rotational grazing systems rotate animals among a ser...
Jody Heemstra Mar 13, 2023
SDSU Women, USD Men Win In Brookings
BROOKINGS - 23rd-ranked South Dakota State controlled South Dakota in women's basketball Friday at Frost Arena, 64-45. It was the 11th straight win for SDSU (14-2, 7-0) and ended the 24-game Summit Le...
Feb 06, 2021