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SDSU Extension helps producers navigate precision ag

May 28, 2025

Precision agriculture practices are growing as technology continues to evolve, and SDSU Extension is leading the state’s efforts to monitor and understand the role it plays.

A wheelbarrow full of harvested eggplants.

Eggplant: How to Grow It

Eggplant has culinary versatility, beautiful flowers and colors, and abundant yields. Learn some expert tips for planting, growing, and harvesting it in this resource!

Winter and early spring months can benefit from a pop of color brought on by forcing bulbs to bloom indoors. Learn about a variety of bulbs to consider for both beginning and experienced plant lovers.

baptisia plant with green, cane-like braches with yellow and purple flowers

Baptisia: A Hardy, Flowering Perennial

Baptisia (Baptisia australis) is an herbaceous perennial known for its hardiness and for its early-Spring blossoms. Its other common names include False Indigo, Blue Indigo, and Wild Indigo.

Two small, green soybean plants with brown to yellow coloration on their leaf edges, indicative of herbicide damage. Tan sand and yellow fertilizer pellets are in the background.

Wind and Rain May Have Delayed Preemergence Herbicide Application: What Now?

With recent winds and rain, preemergence herbicide applications may be further delayed. Scouting to determine if crops and/or weeds have emerged is critical to ensure effective and safe application of preemergence herbicides.

A yellow beetle with a black head, and square black markings on its back standing on a soybean leaf.

South Dakota Overwintering Bean Leaf Beetle Predicted Mortality: 2024-2025

Each year we evaluate the overwintering success of bean leaf beetles in South Dakota. For adult bean leaf beetles that successfully overwintered, emergence will begin in the spring and they will move into soybean fields.

Alfalfa Weevils Are Active in Some Parts of South Dakota

Degree day accumulations indicate that alfalfa weevil larvae should be active throughout South Dakota.

Green alfalfa weevil larvae with a white stripe running down its body.

Alfalfa Weevil Activity Prediction Update: May 22, 2025

Degree day accumulations for alfalfa weevil larvae indicate that third to fourth instar larvae should be active in fields throughout South Dakota.

Alfalfa Weevil Activity Prediction Update: June 5, 2024

Although the degree day estimates suggest that alfalfa weevils are no longer active in the fields and should be pupating, scouting has indicated otherwise.

Organic cabbage and sweet corn plants at the SDSU Southeast Research Farm.

Producing Organic Cabbage and Sweet Corn with Cover Crop Integration and Reduced Tillage: Updates from the SDSU Southeast Research Farm

Research on clover cover crops grown in combination with four tillage and weed suppression methods was conducted at the SDSU Southeast Farm. Vegetable crops trialed included sweet corn and three varieties of cabbage.