The South Dakota Grassland Initiative will be conducting around 50 interviews with producers assessing how to improve access to available conservation programs.
With avian metapneumovirus devastating the poultry industry across the U.S., South Dakota State University researchers are leading the nation in developing effective vaccines and detection methods.
In a letter to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds of South Dakota requested that the USDA thoroughly investigate the threat of NWS before reopening U.S.-Mexico cattle trade.
Ethan FFA partnered with Sleep in Heavenly Peace, an organization building beds for local kids that sleep on the floor. Together they built and delivered around 40 beds.
After Bovine tuberculosis was detected from a steer linked to a South Dakota cattle herd in Hamlin County, officials are working on tracing the animal's origin.
