The U.S. Department of Agriculture is revising its current nutrition standards for school meals to include less sugar and greater flexibility with menu planning. in this episode of Agriculture In-depth, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack pr
A leadership program that targets girls from middle school age through college expanded into South Dakota in April 2024. Fanchon Stinger is the founder of Grit & Grace Nation.
The 96th annual South Dakota State FFA Convention will be held April 18-20, 2024, in Brookings. State FFA Reporter Gabrielle Rebelein can’t believe her year as an officer is coming to an end.
Many ranchers in Nebraska, Texas and Oklahoma have been impacted by devastating wildfires are in need of grazing acres and hay resources to sustain their herds while they work over the coming months to restore their operations. Steve Dick, Stat
In March 2023, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the United States Patent and Trademark Office released a report delving into the accuracy of the claims companies made about the seeds they sell to grow agricultural crops. During the 2024 N
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has released the finalization of a rule to align the voluntary “Product of USA” label claim with consumer understanding of what the claim means. During the 2024 National Farmers Union Convention, U.S. Ag Secre
The United States Department of Agriculture projects U.S. farm sector income will continue to fall in 2024, after reaching record highs in 2022. During his address at the 2024 Commodity Classic event, USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack said his agency
The 2024 Commodity Classic event was held Feb. 27-March 2 in Houston, TX. One of speakers was U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack. He urged caution as the United States works through tensions with China because that country is a major imp
The South Dakota Department of Health has grant money available for Emergency Medical Services agencies across the state to develop and implement systems and solutions to support the sustainability of these critical services. EMS and Trauma Pro
A Feb. 6, 2024, ruling by a federal District Court in Arizona vacated the registration for over-the-top applications of dicamba on dicamba-tolerant soybeans and cotton. As far as stocks of those chemicals retailers or farmers may already have o
Republican Party leaders in the South Dakota House and Senate have drafted three bills that they hope will help find compromise between landowners and development of value added agriculture projects in the state.
After a recent visit to the United States-Mexico border, South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem addressed a joint session of the South Dakota Legislature on Jan. 31, 2024. Noem spoke about the crisis, its impact on South Dakota and why there needs t
From volatile weather to big swings in commodity market prices, managing risk is nothing new for America’s farmers and ranchers. Thankfully there are a plethora of tools available to help them do just that. In this episode, Ag Resource Manageme