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Smoking ban taken to vote
Northern State University students will vote this week whether to ban smoking from campus, a student representative said Monday at a faculty senate meeting. Kody Kyriss, a student representative, said voting will coincide with elections for the...Tags: Referenda, Students, Education, Teaching and Learning, Elections
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Rural America's political clout slipping, USDA secretary warns
MITCHELL -- Rural America is in a struggle to remain relevant. So said U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack in December after rural voters showed up for the November election in lackluster numbers and as Congress was letting a new farm bill slip through...Tags: Wesleyan University, Conservation, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Industry, Environmental Politics
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Combine fire research progresses
One day last fall, while ag engineer Dan Humburg was perched atop a combine during sunflower harvest in central South Dakota, the grower operating the machine stopped at the end of the field and asked, “Do you smell that?” The South Dakota State...Tags: Weather Statistics, Technology, Lab Tests, Weather, Science and Technology
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Agriculture: The Grand Challenge - and Opportunity
Barry Dunn is the South Dakota Corn Utilization Council Endowed Dean of Agriculture and Biological Sciences at South Dakota State University, and Director of SDSU Extension. Spring is a season of hope. It is appropriate that the first day of spring...Tags: Arable Farming, Agriculture, Education, Financial Aid, Agricultural Research and Technology
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Forum: Agriculture must adapt to changing world
Sam Feyereisen grew up on a farming and ranching operation, and the Mitchell man would love to return to it someday. Feyereisen, 28, said one thing is keeping him from moving home to the family operation in Gregory and Lyman counties. "Money," he...Tags: Global Expansion, Beverage Industry, Media Industry, Consumer Goods Industries, Dennis Daugaard
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The future of agriculture is high tech
There's no question in the mind of agronomist Charles "Gregg" Carlson, of South Dakota State University, that precision agriculture is the future of South Dakota. At the turn of the 20th century, Carlson said, workers were being taught how to run and...Tags: Chemical Industry, Deere and Company, Farms, Science and Technology, Fertilizer
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Structural changes to the cattle feeding industry
BROOKINGS - The February Cattle on Feed report released by the USDA Feb. 22 shows a continuation of the trend towards fewer, but larger, feedyards, says Darrell R. Mark, Adjunct Professor of Economics at South Dakota State University. "In fact, there... -
Jackrabbit Stampede begins April 4
BROOKINGS - The South Dakota State University Jackrabbit Stampede begins April 4, 2013 at 1 p.m. with an "Exceptional Rodeo" put on by the rodeo club for the Brookings area youth with special needs in the Swiftel Center. It will be followed by a press...Tags: University of Tennessee at Martin, Education, Rodeo, Colleges and Universities, Auction Service
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Law selected for Dapper Dan after winning state title
After winning his first PIAA Class AA title Saturday in Hershey, Forest Hills' Cody Law has accepted an invitation to compete in the 39th Annual Dapper Dan Wrestling Classic on Sunday at the University of Pittsburgh's Fitzgerald Field House. The...
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Bel Brands snack cheese plant building excitement in Brookings
BROOKINGS - Francine Moudry is the project manager for Bel Brands USA, which is developing a snack cheese plant on the east side of Brookings, S.D. Bel Brands USA is the American subsidiary of the Paris-based Fromageries Bel. Moudry came to Brookings...Tags: Plant Openings, Economy, Business and Finance, Dennis Daugaard, Companies and Corporations
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Merrigan meets tribal leaders, hears from stakeholders in South Dakota
Brookings -Deputy Agriculture Secretary Kathleen Merrigan hosted two roundtable meetings in South Dakota this week to further USDA tribal consultation efforts and to obtain input from stakeholders on education and extension issues. During the meetings,...Tags: Conservation, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Environmental Issues, Small Businesses, Business
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Supplies for the baby calf: Are you ready?
In the last column we discussed supplies a cattle producer should have around in case they need to help a mother cow deliver her calf. What about after that calf is on the ground? Do you have the right supplies on hand to help that calf get up and...Tags: Salmonella Infection, Viral Diseases and Infections, E. coli Infection
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