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Application to Chaperone South Dakota 4-H Youth Trips

Information about how to become a chaperone for South Dakota 4-H Youth Trips.

Fans outside th SDSU Swine Education and Research Facility.
Oct 01

SowBridge Webinar: Where’s the Draft Coming From?

Join swine industry experts from the around the nation for a SowBridge webinar about trouble drafts in swine facilities on October 1 beginning at 11:15 a.m. CDT.

Piglets feeding in a farrowing stall.
Nov 05

SowBridge Webinar: Farrowing Stall Environment Management

Join swine industry experts from the around the nation for a SowBridge webinar covering farrowing stall environment management on November 5 beginning at 11:15 a.m. CST.

Veterinarian inspecting several young pigs in a swine facility.
Dec 03

SowBridge Webinar: Heat Synchronization Protocols

Join swine industry experts from the around the nation for a SowBridge webinar covering heat synchronization protocols on December 3 beginning at 11:15 a.m. CST.

Veterinarian and pork producer with clipboard inspecting a hog pen.
Jan 07

SowBridge Webinar: SessTreating Sows According to Farm SOP

Join swine industry experts from the around the nation for a SowBridge webinar about SessTreating sows according to standard operating procedures on January 7 beginning at 11:15 a.m. CST.

tar spot on a corn leaf

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.

A sow and her piglets rest in dry and clean pen. Courtesy: USDA

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.

Snow-covered landscape along the Missouri River in Central South Dakota.

2024 Annual Climate Review

The final climate numbers are in for 2024. Learn what the year brought for temperatures, precipitation, and drought conditions throughout the state.

Sprawling rangeland enrolled in the conservation stewardship program.

SDSU Extension invites all to SD Coalition Grassland Management School

January 30, 2025

SDSU Extension is partnering with the South Dakota Grassland Coalition, Audubon Great Plains, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Natural Resource Conservation Service to host the school, which is on Feb. 11-12, 2025, at Cedar Shore Resort near Oacoma.

Left: Black soil tarp on a research plot. Right: The same research plot uncovered, revealing little-to-no weed pressure.

Early Season Soil Solarization and Occultation Impacts on Weed Pressure and Onion Yield in Eastern South Dakota: Year 2 (2024) Results

Research report on whether soil tarping can reduce weed pressure in onion yields for the second year