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US consumers' food spending hit record high in 2022
New data from USDA's Economic Research Service shows consumer spending on food reached a record in 2022. Real, or inflation-adjusted, annual food spending in the United States increased steadily from ...
Jody Heemstra Jul 19, 2023
Culvers celebrating National FFA Week with annual essay contest
It's National FFA Week (Feb. 19-26, 2022) and Culver's is celebrating its relationship with the organization of future agriculture leaders by launching its eighth annual FFA Essay Contest. Culver's lo...
Jody Heemstra Feb 21, 2022
Final tally: Nearly 107,000 US overdose deaths last year
NEW YORK (AP) - Nearly 107,000 Americans died of drug overdoses last year, according to final figures released Thursday (Dec. 22, 2022). The official number was 106,699, the U.S. Centers for Disease C...
Jody Heemstra Dec 22, 2022 Raed Mansour / CC
Jackley leading National Attorney General Alliance annual meeting this week in California
South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley will chair the annual meeting of the National Attorney General Alliance being held June 19-22, 2023, in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA. Jackley is serving a one-ye...
Jody Heemstra Jun 22, 2023
Johnson, Spanberger Butcher Block Act wins bipartisan support
The Butcher Block Act won bipartisan support during a US House Ag panel last week (May 18, 2022). Butcher Block would set up a USDA grant program for the expansion or construction of small, regional a...
Jody Heemstra May 23, 2022
SNAP participation varied across states in Fiscal Year 2022
New data released by USDA's Economic Research Service shows that in fiscal year 2022, USDA's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program served an average of 41.1 million people per month in the 50 stat...
Jody Heemstra Jan 04, 2024
South Dakota winter wheat, spring wheat and oats production all projected to be significantly higher than in 2021
Based on July 1, 2022, conditions, South Dakota's 2022 winter wheat production is forecast at 41.0 million bushels, up 50% from last year's crop, according to the USDA's National Agricultural Statisti...
Jody Heemstra Jul 13, 2022
Think Tank Outlines Steps to Help Rural America
A progressive Washington, D.C. think tank recently issued a policy brief on ways lawmakers can help rural communities during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. The Center for American Progress is self-d...
Apr 29, 2020
US corn and soybean export sales surge
USDA says corn sales to overseas buyers surged, and soybean sales hit a marketing-year high in the seven days ending on October 19, 2023. Corn export sales totaled 1.35 million metric tons, up 53 perc...
Jody Heemstra Nov 01, 2023
National Farmers Union hosting college conference on cooperatives this week
The National Farmers Union will host the College Conference on Cooperatives in Minneapolis, Minnesota, February 16-19, 2023. During the three days, participants will hear from experts in the field of ...
Jody Heemstra Feb 14, 2023