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KC Fed: Farm Financial Outlook is Improving
The Kansas City Fed said last week that the outlook for agricultural credit conditions in its Tenth District improved in the third quarter, due in part to rising commodity prices and additional govern...
Jody Heemstra Nov 16, 2020
CFAP Deadline Is Approaching
The USDA's Farm Service Agency is reminding farmers and ranchers that the deadline to apply for the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program is September 11. The program is designed to provide direct relie...
Aug 31, 2020
Friday AM Scoreboard
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE N-Y Mets 2 Cleveland 0 (8 Innings) L-A Dodgers 3 Toronto 2 AMERICAN LEAGUE Boston 5 Kansas City 4 (10 Innings) Tampa Bay 5 Baltimore 2 Chi White Sox 6 Texas 1 Houston...
Jody Heemstra Aug 23, 2019
Farm Journal Report Shows Farmers Expect Stable to Higher Land Prices
Like a lot of other aspects of the economy, 2020 has put downward pressure on farmland values, thanks in part to events like trade disputes and an economic downturn. At the same time, COVID-19 restric...
Jody Heemstra Oct 28, 2020 Pictures of Money / CC
Flags to fly at half-staff statewide to honor Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Governor Kristi Noem ordered that flags be flown at half-staff statewide in honor of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Flags will be flown at half-staff from sunrise until sundown from Saturd...
Jody Heemstra Sep 19, 2020
State 4-H Shooting Sports Cancelled
PIERRE, S.D. – Spring 4-H Shooting Sports have also become victims of the COVID 19 Pandemic. John Keimig of the State Shooting Sports Committee says that based on the schools being out of sessio...
Jody Heemstra Mar 26, 2020
Capital Girls Finish 6th at State Varsity Hockey Tournament
PIERRE, S.D. – The Oahe Capitals Girls Varsity Hockey team ended it’s season on Sunday on the short end of a 4-1 score to the Sioux Center Storm as the 2020 Girls State Varsity Hockey Tour...
Jody Heemstra Mar 09, 2020
Groups Ask Treasury Secretary to Guard Against Further Ag Consolidation
A coalition consisting of 68 farmer, environmental, and antitrust groups across the country sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on consolidation. They're asking him to ensure that pande...
Jody Heemstra Apr 24, 2020
Cattle Market Investigation will now Expand
Cattle groups and senators have been putting pressure on Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue, who responded to the pressure via Twitter. His tweet says the USDA's Packers and Stockyards Division would expand it...
Jody Heemstra Apr 10, 2020
USA Softball South Dakota Still Unsure About State Tournament Dates in 2020
WATERTOWN, S.D. – USA Softball South Dakota is still up in the air as to when league seasons can start and if they will need to postpone or move any State Tournaments to a different date due to ...
Jody Heemstra Apr 20, 2020