South Dakota officials have made an arrest in connection with the February theft of 29 black and red heifers from a farm in Moody County. The Moody County Sheriff’s Office in conjunction with the Division of Criminal Investigations and the Department of Corrections arrested Joshua Nygaard for one count of Grand Theft which is a […]

Even the most prepared livestock producer cannot always provide a perfect start when Mother Nature gets involved during calving season. “Weather during our Upper Midwest spring calving season can prove challenging with frigid temperatures and mud. When weather becomes a factor during calving, it can impact a calf’s survival,” said Taylor Grussing, SDSU Extension Cow/Calf […]

In a move that will help reduce how much the American food market relies on foreign growers to supply organic products — which has in the past raised questions about lax regulations and inspections — General Mills announced a deal with Gunsmoke Farms to grow enough organic wheat to supply the Annie’s Macaroni & Cheese line. The […]

The Moody County, South Dakota Sheriff’s office is asking for the public’s help after 29 black and red heifers were stolen last week from a local ranch. The 600-pound heifers, valued at $1,000 each, were taken sometime between Wednesday night and Thursday morning. And a Madison man believes his trailer was used in the heist. […]

Our thoughts are with this South Dakota family after learning over the weekend about this tragic tractor accident. Sgt. Jerry Winter with the Minnehaha County Sheriff’s Department said deputies were dispatched to the farm around 10:40 a.m. Friday for a cardiac arrest. Authorities believe John H. Andresen, 68, may have started his tractor while standing […]

After Black Hills Goat Dairy had lost a duck, cat, chicken, and goat to a mountain lion, the teen grabbed a rifle and headed out to catch it.

It wasn’t a lightning strike or anthrax outbreak that wiped out five calves on the Kowalski Ranch near South Shore, South Dakota. It was bullets. Kristin Kowalski turned to Facebook over the weekend looking for answers: We have had 5 calves shot. We had the vet come out and confirm today. Each calf had multiple […]

The South Dakota State Veterinarian has ruled anthrax is responsible for recent death loss in a cattle herd in southeastern Pennington County. Dr. Dustin Oedekoven says that at least 9 adult cattle died suddenly last week in the herd, which had not been vaccinated against anthrax. Anthrax spores survive indefinitely in contaminated alkaline soils and […]

The North Dakota Department of Agriculture (NDDA) and North Dakota State University (NDSU) N.D. Agricultural Experiment Station are pleased to announced the hay lottery is expanding to drought-affected producers in the tri-state area. “We are pleased to open the hay lottery to producers in South Dakota and Montana experiencing drought and wildfire,” North Dakota Agriculture […]

The Farmers and Friends for Wind say the ordinance is blocking a 300-megawatt wind farm backed by over 100 local farmers’ and landowners’ signatures.