Skip to main content

Rafe Royall

Assistant Professor & SDSU Extension Swine Specialist

605-688-5165

Animal Science Complex 112
Animal Science-Box 2170
Brookings, SD 57007

Rafe supports the citizens of South Dakota as an Assistant Professor and SDSU Extension Swine Specialist at the South Dakota State University campus in Brookings.

State & Regional Offices

SDSU Campus

Also by Rafe Royall

Black beef cattle at a feedbunk at an SDSU research facility.
Jun 23

Environmental Training for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs)

SDSU Extension will host an environmental training session for operators of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) on June 23 at the Crossroads Convention Center (100 Fourth St. S.W., Huron, SD 57350).

Interior of a swine production facility.

Pseudorabies Detected in Iowa and Texas Swine Farms: Prevention Tips, Clinical Signs, and Testing

For the first time since being eradicated in the U.S. Commercial swine herd in 2004, pseudorabies (PRV) has been confirmed in herds in Iowa and Texas. Responsibility falls on everyone in the industry to ensure that this virus does not gain a foothold again.

Hand writing the word “scholarship” on a chalk board.

SDSU students awarded Master Pork Producers scholarships

February 25, 2026

South Dakota State University Extension is pleased to announce the five SDSU students who received South Dakota Master Pork Producers Association scholarships on Jan. 14, 2026, during the 57th annual South Dakota Pork Congress in Sioux Falls.