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Benefits of Walking

Walking is inexpensive, safe, easy, and a great way to get the physical activity needed to obtain health benefits.

Purple-brown caterpillar with orange head on a green corn leaf.

Common Stalk Borer Activity Estimate: May 29, 2025

Based on degree day estimates for common stalk borer caterpillar activity, no scouting in corn fields is necessary at this time.

Feeding Damaged Wheat to Cattle

Feeding damaged wheat to livestock is one way to salvage value from the crop. Wheat can work well in cattle diets with some limitations.

I-29 Moo University

I-29 Moo University is a collaboration of dairy extension faculty from North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa and Nebraska.

Supplementing Cows on Pasture to Stretch Forage Supplies

With dry conditions spreading quickly across the Dakota’s, producers are forced to make challenging decisions on how many cow/calf pairs to turn out to pasture, and then determine how long the pastures will even last if moisture doesn’t come soon. During the spring/summer months, supplementing grass with energy and protein can decrease forage dry matter consumption.

Brown caterpillar with 3 pale stripes running the length of its body. The head is tan.

Bronzed Cutworms Are Active

Bronzed cutworms can damage turf by clipping blades of grass close to the soil surface. Feeding by bronzed cutworms in lawns will result in small, brown circular patches, and large populations can result in extensive lawn injury.

A picture of around a dozen local artists in Lemmon, South Dakota, posed in front of easels.

Lemmon Placemakers

On this episode of Home Starts Here, Joshua Hofer and Kara Harders speak with Judy Larson and Shasta Alexander of Lemmon, SD.

Rows of empty white, plastic pesticide containers.

2025 Pesticide Container Recycling

The South Dakota Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources is again offering pesticide container recycling services across the state. View a complete list of 2025 dates and locations.

Brown and white cow grazing on standing cornstalks

Considerations for Grazing Standing Corn

Grazing standing corn is a viable option to supply nutrients to livestock. However, mitigating risk is critical to ensure healthy animals and optimize crops.

Calf Value Discovery Program

The Calf Value Discovery Program enables cow-calf producers to assess the value of their cattle in value-based marketing systems and gain valuable carcass and feedlot performance information to aid in management decisions and improve profitability.