South Dakota

As a beef producer raising a young family in the Black Hills of South Dakota, I think a lot about the future of our industry. Like many producers, I’m proud of the work we do.

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley and several other attorneys general, including Idaho's Raul Labrador, are pushing for the correct use of a “Product of the USA” label for U.S. beef.

Avian flu has hit turkey farms in North Dakota and South Dakota. This is the first bird flu cases in U.S. commercial flocks since early July.

The ball is now in the Senate’s court on the Trump tax and spending bill.  And the fight over taxes, SNAP cuts, and tariffs is heating up quickly.  Majority Leader John Thune recently said it's ‘full speed ahead’ on the president’s “One Big, Beautiful Bill,” while slamming Democrats for vowing to fight against extending the 2017 tax cuts with 'everything they’ve got'.   “They are going to be votin

A Small Win in a Big Bill: Why South Dakota’s Property Rights Fight Matters for All Americans   By Shad Sullivan   At a time when federal overreach seems to creep further into the lives of everyday Americans, South Dakota has drawn a bold line in the sand: private property rights are not up for negotiation.   Summit Carb...

Last week, senators John Thune, of South Dakota, and Minnesota’s Tina Smith reintroduced the Strengthening Local Processing Act.  They said the bipartisan legislation would provide support to America’s small meat and poultry processors to strengthen and upgrade their operations.   The bil...

Registration is open for three Stockmanship & Stewardship Events taking place this summer.  Stockmanship & Stewardship is an educational experience for cattle producers, featuring low-stress cattle handling demonstrations, Beef Quality Assurance educational sessions, facility design sessions, and industry updates.  The events take...

The Interior Department may see more lawsuits after announcing it would no longer require the Bureau of Land Management to create an environmental impact statement for more than 3,200 oil and gas leases in seven states. The Biden administration started work on the review four days before President Trump took office in January...

South Dakota senator Mike Rounds has reintroduced the “New Markets for State-Inspected Meat and Poultry Act.”  The bipartisan legislation would allow meat and poultry products inspected by state Meat and Poultry Inspection Programs to be sold across state lines.  Currently, meat and...

“The heading progress for winter wheat, nationally, 8% of the U.S. winter wheat crop headed by April 13th.  That's right on par with the five-year average, two points behind last year's 10%," said USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey recapping the latest numbers from the USDA’s crop progress report.  He noted that most ...