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Platte to host 2025 SDSU Extension Energize conference

December 09, 2024

The seventh annual Energize! Exploring Innovative Rural Communities Conference will be on May 6-7, 2025, in Platte. The conference schedule and registration details will be announced in early 2025.

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SDSU Extension to host Money Talk for Women

December 02, 2024

South Dakota State University Extension will host a virtual educational series to help women become more financially empowered.

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SDSU Extension 4-H donates 894 care kits to people in need

November 22, 2024

For the project, members collected personal hygiene items and packaged them into Clover Care Kits. The kits contained hygiene items like a bath towel, washcloth, toothpaste, toothbrush, shampoo/conditioner, soap and deodorant. 4-H members and their families donated 894 kits to organizations that serve people in need across the state.

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SDSU Extension 2025 Crop Hour webinar series starts in January

November 18, 2024

Crop Hour provides producers and industry professionals with information to navigate the
challenges and opportunities of farming in South Dakota. People can participate live via Zoom or watch the recorded presentations on YouTube.

Stalk to Stock: Grazing Corn Residue

In this episode of Cattle HQ, Madison Kovarna sits down with Heather Gessner, SDSU Extension Livestock Business Management Field Specialist.

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SDSU Extension launches new on-demand financial training

November 15, 2024

Your Money Your Goals is a free, on-demand training course for anyone looking to improve their financial skills.

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SDSU Extension to host CAFO training

November 12, 2024

Specialists from South Dakota State University Extension, the South Dakota Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources and the United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service will provide the training.

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Spent Coffee Grounds: Fertilizer or Not?

Should you put used coffee grounds in your compost pile? How about on your garden, or in your raised bed?

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Learn about forage rye, livestock feed at Northern Plains Forage Association annual meeting

November 06, 2024

South Dakota State University Extension encourages producers to attend the Northern Plains Forage Association annual meeting and seminars, which will feature forage-related education and research.

Extending the Grazing Season with Cattle Producer Levi Swanson

In this episode of Cattle HQ, cattle producer, Levi Swanson will talk about his experience with extending the grazing season.