South Dakota
With a strong background in producer engagement, industry outreach and relationship-building, Tina Erickson will take over the reins in July.
House Bill 1118 paves the way for improved operational efficiency and real-world solutions for the region’s pork industry by providing graduate and undergraduate students with increased hands-on learning and “birth-to-market” research opportunities.
The on-again, off-again reports regarding ICE raids is sowing confusion for those who rely on immigrant labor and causing labor shortages because employees aren’t showing up for work.
Updated equipment provides students with real-world learning opportunities while offering local consumers a variety of popular meat products.
Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) wins Majority Leader race. Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) was eliminated on the first ballot. And Thune beat Sen. John Cornyn (R-Tex.) 29-24 on the second ballot.
Over the years Steve Rommereim has invested a lot of time and thought into how he serves the members and organizations who elect him.
With the success of his family’s farm as his focus, Brad Greenway has worked to build a sustainable, diversified crop and livestock operation.
The South Dakota Corn Utilization Council announced a $1.2-million commitment to expand the Swine Education and Research Facility at South Dakota State University.
The availability of livestock workers was ranked as more limited than crop workers and finding long-term help seen as more difficult than temporary help due to the seasonal nature of the ag industry.
Rumors of doubt have been shared regarding the new construction of the Wholestone Foods pork processing plant in Sioux Falls, S.D. The company confirms a pause has been issued, for now.
A new 12,000-sow complex is under construction in South Dakota that features the first prefabricated steel swine barns in the U.S.
Three Florida men have been arrested for stealing semi-loads of frozen beef and pork from packing plants across the Midwest since June 2021.
On Oct. 19, a judge declined to rescind permits for a custom butcher shop in northeast Sioux Falls being built by Wholestone Farms.
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has signed legislation that requires “fake meat” products to be correctly labeled, hoping to reduce the impact of lab-cultured products on the local meat market.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture says the number of hogs and pigs in the state is up 5 percent from the same time last year.
A farming company is trying to set the record straight about the odor produced by a hog facility it manages in Davison County, S.D.
National Pork Board president Steve Rommereim urged producers to review the successes of the past in order to best meet the needs of the present and adapt to the changing needs of the future.
National Pork Board president Steve Rommereim urged producers to review the successes of the past in order to best meet the needs of the present and adapt to the changing needs of the future.