On Tuesday, Rhoden traveled to Pierre to celebrate National Ag Day by visiting the Ringneck Energy Ethanol Plant in Onida, meeting with local ag producers for coffee and conversation, joining a local ...

PIERRE, S.D. (South Dakota Searchlight) – Some ethanol leaders think it’s ironic that Republican Gov. Larry Rhoden brought ...

Elliott and Frayne Olson, a professor and director of the Quentin Burdick Center of Cooperatives at North Dakota State ...

Those are just some of the facts dozens of fourth graders from around the county learned Wednesday, March 19 as they took ...

As part of National Agriculture Week this week (March 19, 2025), around 200 4th grade students from Pierre, Stanley County and Agar-Blunt-Onida got to experience some of South Dakota’s agriculture ...

The South Dakota region has seen some wet weather in recent days, but the entire state is still in varying levels of drought status. That has farmers prepping for a potentially dry planting and ...

Six agricultural bills were signed Tuesday by South Dakota Governor Larry Rhoden in honor of National Agriculture Day.

As the 100th session of the South Dakota Legislature comes to a close, I wanted to reflect on the work we accomplished on behalf of South Dakotans. While there were ...

The SDSU Bison Conservation Innovation Grant (CIG) research project is looking to bring nationwide recognition to the ...

These measures include updating animal industry regulations, changing fees for concentrated animal feeding operations, and ...

According to the 2022 Census of Agriculture, the average size of farm/ranch in South Dakota was 1,495 acres, up 4%– or 52 acres– from 2017. The amount of land in farms/ranches was 42.3 million acres, ...

Several lawmakers joined the rally of Iowa landowners to applaud the recent South Dakota law that bans eminent domain for ...