SDSU Extension works with consumers across the state of South Dakota to improve their personal finance skills and knowledge. A high level of financial literacy, the ability to make sound financial decisions based on your knowledge, will improve your financial well-being.
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Keep your financial information safe from scams and during emergencies.
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A high level of financial literacy, the ability to make sound financial decisions based on your knowledge, will improve your financial well-being.
Student Loan TIPS (Texting Intervention Program)
According to U.S. Department of Education data, 30% of federal student loans were in deferment and forbearance while 7% were in default (Cho, Johnson, Kiss, O’Neill, Mountain, & Gutter, 2016).
Calculating Personal Net Worth
Fact sheet on calculating personal net worth.
Upcoming Events
Whole Farm Planning – Integrating Health Care and Health Insurance
SDSU Extension will host a workshop to help farm families health care and health insurance into their whole farm plan on Wednesday, November 19, from 5:30-8:00 p.m. at the SDSU Extension Winner Regional Center (325 S. Monroe, Ste. 125, Winner, SD 57580).
Whole Farm Planning - Integrating Childcare
SDSU Extension will host a workshop to help farm families integrate childcare into their whole farm plan on Wednesday, November 12, from 5:30-8:00 p.m. at the SDSU Extension Winner Regional Center (325 S. Monroe, Ste. 125, Winner, SD 57580).
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SDSU Extension hosts Sustaining the Legacy Conferences
November 03, 2025
South Dakota State University Extension will continue to assist farmers and ranchers with long-term planning through its Sustaining the Legacy conferences across South Dakota this winter.
Resources for Consumers Whose Income is Interrupted
An interruption in income can make a well-planned spending plan a useless financial tool. If you do not have a savings buffer to get you through an income interruption, there are resources available to get your spending plan back on track.
SDSU Extension to offer virtual legal and financial education
October 15, 2025
South Dakota State University Extension is working with Nebraska Extension and North Dakota State University Extension to offer a program to prepare you to ask another person to serve as your fiduciary for legal and financial matters.