6+ day, 16+ hour ago   (526+ words) Sunflowers are showing promise as a valuable addition to crop rotations in South Dakota. Researchers at the North Central Agricultural Research Laboratory near Brookings have been studying a four-year rotation of corn, soybeans, spring wheat and sunflowers. The rotation has…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (211+ words) U.S. Sens. Mike Rounds, R-SD, and Amy Klobuchar, D-MN, have introduced the bipartisan Rebuilding America’s National Cow Herd (RANCH) Act. The RANCH Act will help to incentivize farmers and ranchers to turn marginal cropland into grazing land and encourage cattle herd…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (513+ words) SIOUX FALLS — The year-round sale of higher ethanol-blended gasoline, called E15, does not have enough votes in the U.S. Senate unless it comes with compromises for small oil refineries, said Majority Leader John Thune, R-SD. Ethanol is a gasoline additive made…...