Rural Ramblings

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Featured Farmer: Clint Overskei

10/17/2022 - Each year, we celebrate National Pork Month in October to recognize efforts of farm families to bring an affordable, high quality supply of pork products to our grocery stores, restaurants and homes. Raising pigs in South Dakota is also providing opportunities for the next generation to return to ... Read More

Featured Farmer: Clay Conry

9/14/2022 - Connecting ranchers with new ideas and practices to better manage their land, animal, people and financial resources has been the goal of the Working Cows podcast since it launched nearly five years ago.  After recording more than 250 episodes, host Clay Conry is excited about the network of ranc... Read More

Featured Farmer: Community Supports 4-H Program with New Building

8/9/2022 - 4-H Achievement shows and county fairs are the highlight of the summer for many young people across the state who have spent months caring for animals and preparing projects. These events provide an opportunity to display their projects, share what they learned with judges and celebrate successes ... Read More

Featured Farmer: Tanse and Tonya Herrmann

7/11/2022 - A search for top quality hay for their own horses has grown into a busy and successful business serving horse owners across the Black Hills and northeast Wyoming for Tanse and Tonya Herrmann of Whitewood, South Dakota. In 2012, the Herrmanns were looking for small square bales of hay to feed hors... Read More

Featured Farmer: Andrew Jensen

6/13/2022 - While students in the Sioux Falls school district are on summer vacation, one of the district’s newest teachers is working to build new curriculum and learning opportunities for students in the fall semester.   In spring 2022, the district announced that agricultural education classes will be ... Read More

Farmer's Daughter: Erin Wagner

5/20/2022 - Hello, I am Erin Wagner and this summer I am AgUnited’s intern. Growing up on my family’s farm near Primghar, Iowa, I learned many life lessons as well developed my passion for agriculture. From loading and sorting hogs, learning how to drive the tractor and grain cart during harvest season, to ... Read More

Featured Farmer: Jorgensen Land and Cattle

5/16/2022 - Precision technologies helping South Dakota family deliver better beef, preserve land When people think of technology in agriculture, most think first of autosteer tractors, GPS systems, yield monitors and more for raising crops like corn and soybeans.  However, the Jorgensen family of Ideal, So... Read More

April Profile: South Dakota Agricultural and Rural Leadership

4/12/2022 - For 22 years, the South Dakota Agricultural and Rural Leadership (SDARL) program has focused on providing South Dakotans from across the state with the tools, confidence and connections to make their rural communities and South Dakota agriculture stronger and more vibrant.  Ten cohorts have comp... Read More

Best Wishes to Steve Dick

4/5/2022 -   It is a bittersweet day at Ag United for South Dakota. Today is Steve Dick’s last day as Executive Director at Ag United.  We appreciate his leadership in building and growing our organization over the past 17 years, and wish him the best as he takes on a new role as the State Executive Di... Read More

Emery Pearson: Opportunities in FFA

3/1/2022 - Emery Pearson: Opportunities in FFA   Guest Blog written by Emery Pearson, Tri-Valley FFA This week on our radio commercial, we very briefly introduced what CDEs and LDEs are in the FFA world, as well as so much more that FFA does. If you missed the segment this morning on KELO It’s your Agr... Read More