When snow covers the frozen ground, and most South Dakota farmers have sold or stored their products for the season, the ...

A South Dakota program helps first-generation farmers acquire land through low-interest loans. The Beginning Farmer Bond ...

President Donald Trump's trade war with China is almost exclusively negative for row crop growers, but his multitude of new tariffs are lifting some sectors, livestock producers in particular.

Stomprud Ranch of Meade County, South Dakota, was selected as the 2025 South Dakota Leopold Conservation Award recipient. “I ...

High demand for land, limited property listings and record cattle prices are playing key roles in keep cropland and ...

South Dakota is the current epicenter of the nation's avian influenza outbreak, with nearly 420,000 turkeys killed. Blue-winged teal, an early migrating duck species, have been identified as carriers ...

This story is reported by South Dakota News Watch, a non-profit news organization. Find more in-depth reporting at www.sdnewswatch.org. NEWELL, S.D. – Tariffs, an international trade war and other ...

Much of Dakota Gold’s success stems from genetics. Many sows in the herd were former champions or come from proven bloodlines ...

NEWELL, S.D. – Tariffs, an international trade war and other market conditions are creating great volatility across the South Dakota agricultural industry, with West River ranchers celebrating record ...

Of all the factors influencing today’s cattle market, none may be more on the mind of producers than the shrinking national cattle herd, which is the smallest it has been in at least 50 years. It’s ...