Search
Plant Look-Alikes: What’s the Difference Between Phlox and Dame’s Rocket?
Distinguishing between native phlox flowers and the invasive dame's rocket can be challenging due to their similar appearances. Learn some key characteristics that can help you tell dame's rocket apart before it invades your property.
Dicamba-Resistant Kochia Can Likely Be Found Across South Dakota
Kochia populations collected across South Dakota have been subjected to an herbicide effectiveness screen, where a treatment of dicamba was applied and some kochia plants exhibited survival and regrowth after treatment.
Summer 2025 Climate Review and September Outlook
A record wet August in several locations marked the end of South Dakota’s meteorological summer. One challenge coming this fall will be determining how quickly field and crop conditions dry down to allow harvest activities to progress.
Purposeful Retirement Book Club Facilitation Guide
A curriculum that can be used to facilitate a purposeful retirement book club in a community.
2023 Marks the 10-Year Anniversary of the Seasonal Riparian Area Management Program
The Seasonal Riparian Area Management program has partnered with landowners to maintain healthy riparian areas to address common water resource concerns and improve water quality in streams, rivers, and lakes within the Big Sioux River watershed.
Interseeding Cover Crops Effect on Corn and Soybean Production: 2019
Incorporating cover crops into our cropping systems and moving from conventional tillage to no-till can improve soil organic matter, soil structure, and water and nutrient holding capacity of our soils.
Understanding Hay Inoculants and Preservatives on ‘Dry’ Hay
As haying season approaches, producers across South Dakota will begin preparing to get out the baler. In recent years, it has been quite difficult for many producers to put up quality, dry hay. This often results in growers considering using inoculants and hay preservatives.
Understanding and Mitigating Heat Stress in Young Dairy Animals
We often don’t focus as much on heat stress in young dairy calves and tend to focus more on cold stress. However, it is just as important and producers or calf raisers should have a plan in place to help mitigate heat stress in these animals also.
National Sunflower Association 2021 Sunflower Survey
Volunteers from private industry and SDSU Extension will soon be visiting South Dakota sunflower fields to participate in the biennial sunflower survey. The survey aims to evaluate yields and production practices along with pest pressure from weeds, insects, diseases and birds.
SDSU Extension 33rd Annual Winter Wheat Meeting To Be Held August 24
August 19, 2022
SDSU Extension, in collaboration with the Jones County Crop Improvement Association, will host the 33rd Annual Winter Wheat Meeting in Draper, South Dakota, on August 24 at 6:30 p.m. CDT.