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80 South Dakota farmers needed for nationwide soil health project: Enroll today
April 03, 2025
South Dakota State University Extension is inviting South Dakota farmers to participate in a new soil health survey.
SDSU Extension, McCrory Gardens to host Garden Discovery Festival
March 31, 2025
South Dakota State University Extension and McCrory Gardens will launch the 2025 summer programming schedule with the Garden Discovery Festival on May 18, 2025.
Brookings Master Gardener donating apple trees to local youth
March 26, 2025
A Brookings-area Master Gardener is donating apple trees to local youth for the sixth annual Fruitful Children Project.
SDSU Extension hosting 2025 Swine Summit for youth
March 18, 2025
South Dakota State University Extension is pleased to host the 2025 South Dakota Swine Summit on June 12, 2025, on the SDSU campus in Brookings.
SDSU Extension welcomes new swine specialist
March 11, 2025
South Dakota State University Extension is pleased to welcome Rafe Royall as a new assistant professor and SDSU Extension Swine Specialist.
SDSU Extension welcomes new swine field specialist
March 11, 2025
South Dakota State University Extension is pleased to welcome Kaylyn Rudy as the new SDSU Extension Swine Field Specialist.
SDSU Plant Diagnostic Clinic provides fast diagnoses of plant diseases
March 07, 2025
South Dakota State University Plant Diagnostic Clinic is the only public diagnostic clinic for plant diseases in South Dakota and receives more than 1,500 samples each year.
SDSU Extension welcomes new Weed Ecology Field Specialist
February 28, 2025
In his role, Reicks will provide guidance for weed management in specialty crops, pastures and rangelands, organic systems, lawns/gardens and public right-of-ways. He is based in Brookings.
SDSU Extension releases updated crop budgets tool
February 28, 2025
Producers and financial advisors can use the spreadsheets as a template to input their own costs and get an estimate on profits. The spreadsheet includes tabs for fertilizer and pesticide and commodity estimates for different regions of the state, including high- and low-production areas.
2024 Master Pork Producers announced
February 28, 2025
The 2024 South Dakota Master Pork Producer winners were announced Jan. 15, 2025, during the 56th annual South Dakota Pork Congress in Sioux Falls. Recipients are Brian Mehlhaf, of Madison; Cristina Rocha, Iroquois; and Ross Mencke, Onida.
Midwest animal science meeting to highlight SDSU research
February 18, 2025
This year’s meeting is March 9-12, 2025, in Omaha, Nebraska, and will include student competitions, symposiums and presentations highlighting the research students and faculty are conducting.
Registration open for 2025 SowBridge educational series
January 24, 2025
SowBridge is for those who work with sows, boars and piglets, and in swine genetics and reproduction. The 2025 series begins on Feb. 5, and will generally continue on the first Wednesday of the month from 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. CST. The fifth session will be on May 28 to avoid conflicts with the World Pork Expo.
SDSU Extension to host tar spot webinar
January 24, 2025
Tar spot is a potentially yield-impacting corn disease that was confirmed in 46 of South Dakota’s 66 counties in 2024. The fungus can cling to crop residue over the winter and re-emerge once temperatures rise. It’s most commonly spread in South Dakota by wind-blown spores.
Bringing happy, healthy bison back to the Great Plains
January 17, 2025
There are approximately 400,000 bison across North America, down from 30 to 60 million prior to the 1860s. South Dakota has the largest bison population in the U.S. with nearly 40,000, and Martin hopes to see it keep rising.
beefSD helps cattle producers ‘raise the steaks’
January 17, 2025
Since 2010, 175 participants from more than 100 operations in South Dakota and Minnesota have completed beefSD. The well-established intensive educational program is designed to take beginning beef producers to the next level in beef enterprise management.