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Livestock Emergency Response Planning (LERP)

The scene of an accident is not the place to build your team!

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Building and Retaining a Skilled Agricultural Workforce: Challenges and Strategies

Building a strong, motivated workforce is essential to the future of agriculture. A team from SDSU Extension is exploring the challenges and opportunities facing our agricultural community.

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Jan 13

Organize this! Legal and Financial Must-Haves

SDSU Extension will host a 10-month program to help you navigate the process of organizing your information and documents and preparing to ask others to serve as your fiduciary. This dynamic program will host four interactive sessions from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. CT on January 13, April 14, July 13 and October 13, 2026.

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Three Parts to a Farm Plan: And you need all three

Farmers and ranchers need to create three plans to efficiently transfer the management and ownership of their operations to the next generation. These include: an estate plan, a transition plan, and a retirement plan.

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Jan 20

Financial Fireside Chats

SDSU Extension will host a weekly series of six free webinars focused on increasing financial knowledge and improving financial well-being on Tuesdays from January 20 to March 10, 2026, from 12:00-1:00 p.m. CT.

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Jan 14

Community Conversation: Public Service Leadership Voices

SDSU Extension and the SDSU Ness School of Management & Economics will host Public Service Leadership Voices a conversation designed to listen, learn, and collaborate, on January 14 from 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. at Startup Sioux Falls in the Arc of Dreams Conference Room (100 E 6th St, Sioux Falls, SD 57104).

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Jan 08

Community Conversation: High School Counselors & DECA Leader Voices

SDSU Extension and the SDSU Ness School of Management & Economics will host High School Counselors & DECA Leader Voices, a conversation designed to listen, learn, and collaborate, on January 8 from 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. at Startup Sioux Falls in the Arc of Dreams Conference Room (100 E 6th St, Sioux Falls, SD 57104).

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Personal Finances

Access the tools needed to take charge of your financial future.

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Jan 06

Community Conversation: Non-Profit Voices

SDSU Extension and the SDSU Ness School of Management & Economics will host Non-Profit Voices, a conversation designed to listen, learn, and collaborate, on January 6 from 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. at Startup Sioux Falls in the Arc of Dreams Conference Room (100 E 6th St, Sioux Falls, SD 57104).

Ranchers reviewing farmland maps with a consultant.
Jan 15

International Farm Transition Network - Generational Renewal in Irish Agriculture: Barriers, Opportunities and Policy

SDSU Extension and the International Farm Transition Network (IFTN) will hold an online training session on January 15 at 10:00 a.m. CST.