South Dakota’s #1 commodity
In a release this week from South Dakota’s USDA-NASS office, a new commodity has taken the top spot when it comes to economic activity, corn. In 2010, ...
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Where will South Dakota’s corn crop go?
As South Dakota corn fields have been cut and only the stalks, stover and cobs remain, you might be wondering just what happens to all of that corn that ...
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Aiming to improve soil and water quality
Soil and water are both precious things. We all depend on both of them to survive so it’s important to protect them, but we also need to them maximize our ...
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Scooping up the Facts on Ethanol
Deceit and make-believe are what you get when reading the most recent editorial from the Inforum’s, Ross Nelson. His latest piece titled, “Ethanol? I’ll ...
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Giving Food Thanks
The week of Thanksgiving reminds us all of the many things we have to be thankful for: family, friends, health, homes, jobs, etc. In addition there is ...
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Combat high oil prices, choose ethanol
Anybody else tired of volatile oil prices and the effect they have on prices at the gas pump, grocery store and other transported goods? The price of a ...
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Picking up the leftovers
As the sun sets on the 2011 corn harvest in South Dakota, the work is far from over. While some may be putting equipment away, a number of farmers utilize ...
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Atrazine benefits consumers, environment
Opinions vary greatly on the chemical atrazine, a herbicide used by thousands of farmers to control noxious weeds that steal moisture and nutrients from ...
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The Renewable Fuel Standard is working
How can America reduce its dependence on foreign oil, increase its energy security and create hundreds of thousands of green jobs? The answer is the ...
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