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Move the Cows or Move the Feed

This calculator is designed to aid producers making the decision to buy feedstuffs and haul the feed to the operation, or to haul the cattle to the feedstuffs.

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52 Ways to Climate-Proof Your Finances

Fact sheet that offers 52 financial management strategies to implement or habits to develop that individuals and families can take to increase financial resilience and reduce potential financial burdens caused by climate change and extreme weather events.

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Growing Raspberries in South Dakota

Fact sheet describing how to grow raspberries in the home garden: selection, planting, and care.

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Food Safety for Farmers Markets

Food safety bulletins for farmers markets and other direct marketing vendors

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Feed Nutrient Comparison Calculator

This comparison calculator is designed to assist producers with supplemental feed purchasing decisions for their operation.

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Cool-Season Grasses of South Dakota

Fact sheet about cool-season grasses in South Dakota.

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

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How to Build High Tunnels

A video series developed to help producers learn how to build high tunnels.

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Warm-Season Grasses of South Dakota

Fact sheet about warm-season grasses in South Dakota.

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The Mortenson Ranch Story: Balancing Environment and Economics

The Mortenson Ranch Story is a remarkable account of the restoration of a western South Dakota landscape devastated early in the 20th century by homesteading and drought.