Through our connection to South Dakota State University and our extensive, state-wide network of specialists, partnerships with agencies and organizations, stakeholders and citizens, SDSU Extension works to strategically develop and deliver programming designed to empower South Dakotan’s to meet their own, their family and their community’s needs.
Highlights
SDSU Extension helps agritourism producers promote their strengths
In 2019, Good Earth Farm owners Nancy and Jeff Kirstein had to make a decision. The barn on their Lennox-based property, originally constructed in 1897, needed attention.
35 years of the SDSU Extension Farm Real Estate Market Survey
When Larry Janssen learned that one of his most frequently used land sales databases was no longer available, the South Dakota State University Professor Emeritus of Economics and his colleague, Burton Pflueger, former SDSU Extension economist, launched their own survey in 1991.
Dedicated educators help South Dakota youth succeed nationally
In May, South Dakota sent 84 youth to the National Land and Range Judging Contest in El Reno, Oklahoma. Out of the 34 states that competed, only Texas came close to matching those numbers with 72 participants.