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Small flower farms are gaining ground in South Dakota, offering fresh, locally grown blooms and new ways for consumers to connect with growers. On Friday, July 25, a farm tour near Alpena showcased ...
Huron, South Dakota, area farmer and American Soybean Association director Brandon Wipf testified this week (July 29, 2025) before the Senate Agriculture Committee during a hearing on reauthorization ...
Hunter Roberts, South Dakota Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, celebrated National Ag Week March 16-22 with visits with local farmers, ranchers and agricultural industry leaders.
Farmland values in South Dakota ticked up in the first half of 2025, according to the semiannual benchmark farmland report ...
Harvest crews with Olsen Custom Farms have made their way to South Dakota, despite some difficult weather conditions.
ELK POINT, South Dakota (KTIV) - The flowers at an Elk Point flower farm are in full bloom, just in time for the upcoming ...
Proposed legislation aimed at protecting South Dakota farmers from potential "agro-terrorism" activities could have a secondary effect of limiting access to information about the state's largest ...
The last poultry farm still recovering from last year's deadly bird flu outbreak has restarted production and plans to be selling eggs shortly. Officials at the Flandreau-based Dakota Layers said ...
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - Supporters of Amendment E, an anticorporate farming law approved by South Dakota's voters in 1998 but rejected by a federal judge and an appeals court, have ...
A new study says agriculture co-ops are a strong economic force in states like South Dakota - but their future is murky, because of federal tax cuts set to expire. Farm cooperatives have been ...
According to prior research by News Watch, permitted CAFOs in South Dakota violated state regulations 217 times from October 2009 to August 2019. The state received, on average, about two ...