Skip to main content

Search

Patch of green giant ragweed plants growing among corn plants.

Identification and management of common ragweed and giant ragweed

Fact sheet to help identify and manage common ragweed and giant ragweed.

Close-up of a plant with broad, lobed green leaves with serrated edges. The stems and veins of the leaves are a reddish-purple color and possess dark spots.

Identification and management of common cocklebur

Fact sheet to help identify and manage common cocklebur.

A man in a yellow shirt kneels in a pasture with a group of youth and teenagers standing in a circle around him

A Guide to South Dakota's Rangeland and Soils Days

Fact sheet to provide an overview of the South Dakota Rangeland and Soils Days program.

Gardener holding a box of vegetables

South Dakota Virtual Vegetable Short Course

The goal of the vegetable short course is to empower South Dakota vegetable producers to improve and expand their operations.

hand holding a head of broccoli

Integrating Living Mulch on Vegetable Farms in South Dakota: 2024 Results

Research report determining the impact of two established clover species on weed suppression, crop growth, and yield of severable brassica species.

rows of vegetable plants are pictured

SDSU Extension to host virtual training series on vegetable production

January 17, 2025

Designed to empower small and medium-scale commercial specialty crop producers to improve and expand their operations, the short course will provide practical, science-based vegetable production information.

rainbow over green pasture with a red barn

Application to Chaperone South Dakota 4-H Youth Trips

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

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.

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.

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