STURGIS, S.D. & SPEARFISH, S.D. — Ranchers across the region are preparing to wean calves and western South Dakota cattle producers are experiencing good weather conditions as they wean their herds ...

When small town businesses grow, it creates a ripple effect that strengthens the whole community, says South Dakota ...

Months before more than 74,000 South Dakotans caught up in Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) uncertainty due ...

When storm clouds gathered and the wind picked up, many headed to their basements in fear of the July derecho – not Breyten ...

The evidence is consistent: cropland grazing delivers measurable economic returns, proven soil health benefits, and growing ...

MITCHELL, S.D. -- Hog and cattle prices hit an all-time high for South Dakota livestock producers in 2014. "Both hogs and cattle experienced an exceptional ride this past year," says Lori Tonak, ...

Conservation-first decisions drive the whole-farm philosophy adopted by Jamie and Brian Johnson, a fourth-generation farm couple from Frankfort, South Dakota. The Johnsons have been farming for 15 ...

More than a week after an unseasonal fall blizzard likely killed tens of thousands of cattle in western South Dakota, Montana ranchers are working on a proposal to bring in 10,000 pregnant cows by the ...

There may be no occupation more subject to the whims of nature than that of rancher. Drought can dry your fields, leaving your cattle sick and starving while raising the cost of supplemental feed, but ...

SOUTH DAKOTA (Makenzie Huber / South Dakota Searchlight) – As some South Dakota dairy farmers struggle to find workers and as the state’s unemployment rate remains the lowest in the nation at 1.9%, ...