Many South Dakotans are dealing with flood issues following recent blizzards and record-breaking rain.
Written collaboratively by: Chris Graham, Bruce Swan, Dwayne Beck, Justin Brown and Jonathan Kleinjan
Crop performance testing results are released annually through the activities of SDSU Extension and the South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station at SDSU.
View archived reports including data from 2003 - 2017 (when available) in the SDSU Extension Publications Archive.
Significant education efforts for natural resource conservation have occurred in South Dakota during the last five years. Many stakeholder groups have brought awareness for soil health and water quality to the forefront.
April 22, 2019
As the outdoor temperature rises this spring, stored grains are warming as well. Due to a difficult and wet harvest last fall, many producers in the region chose to store grains much wetter than typical. As a result, special care needs to be taken for these grains as the air temperature rises this spring, explained Sara Bauder, SDSU Extension Agronomy Field Specialist.
We often think of biodiversity in the context of animals, such as those that are threatened or endangered; however, biodiversity is equally important among plants, which are found throughout South Dakota and in particular, in our rangelands.