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Agricultural Water Rule Support Line
The North Central Region Center for FSMA (Food Safety Modernization Act) Training, Extension, and Technical Assistance operates a toll-free number to answer your agricultural water rules questions.
South Dakota Native Plants for Winter Interest
“Winter interest” is a term used to describe plants with features valuable to wildlife, people, or the overall landscape in winter. Native perennials with winter interest provide either colorful stems, colorful foliage or structure for aesthetic value, wildlife habitat, or food for wildlife when resources are low in winter.
Hidden Dangers of Prussic Acid
Prussic acid is a herbivory defense mechanism used by numerous plant species, but is most-associated with sorghum and sudangrass hybrids. While the risk of prussic acid poisoning is greatest in sorghum species, several additional species present across South Dakota can produce prussic acid at varying levels of concern.