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SDSU Dairy Club members display cheese blocks placed in boxes shortly before selling them. Members gathered at the Davis Dairy Plant and cut down 20 pound blocks of cheese into 30 chunks.

Lucrative fundraiser

Sam Moser, Reporter January 30, 2024

SDSU’s Dairy Club sold over 8,000 pounds of cheese and recorded a two-year high gross income during its annual cheese box fundraiser. The fundraiser began earlier than previous years with sales opening...

Dairy research facility closes after financial difficulties

Dairy research facility closes after financial difficulties

RuthAnne Homes, Reporter January 24, 2024

SDSU Dairy Research and Training Facility is due to close at the end of June 2024 after several financial challenges.   CAFES Dean Joe Cassidy sent out an email on January 16 informing students that...

SDSU announces closure of Dairy Research and Training Facility

SDSU announces closure of Dairy Research and Training Facility

Danesa Willson, Reporter January 18, 2024

South Dakota State University announces the Dairy Research and Training Facility will close in June 2024. Dr. Joseph Cassady, the dean of the College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Science,...

SDSU granted research in sustainable agriculture

Katelyn Winberg, Reporter April 18, 2023

                South Dakota State University researchers and students will study ways agriculture can change to meet the challenges...

The display titled Moving Items shows the typical things families would carry with them as they moved.

Museum exhibit details life during the Dust Bowl

Alyssa Berentschot, Reporter March 7, 2023

A new exhibit called “Drowning in Dirt: Joseph Hutton and the Dust Bowl” officially opened in the South Dakota Agricultural Heritage Museum to the public Feb. 27. The museum will house the exhibit...

Hemp crops gaining traction in South Dakota

Hemp crops gaining traction in South Dakota

Greta Goede, Assistant News Editor February 1, 2023

Next week there will be metings designed to educate farmers about hemp. It’ll help them decide whether they want to jump onto a bandwagon on one of the state’s newest crops in Coleman and Flandreau.  The ...

Women surpass men in university animal science majors, reflect national growth in field

Women surpass men in university animal science majors, reflect national growth in field

Chloe Risse, Reporter January 25, 2023

As many South Dakota residents know, this state is a little different when it comes to agriculture. It is not rare for women to be hands on and working on an operation.   Women make up 30% of producers...

AGCO Industry Day Connects Students with Employers

AGCO Industry Day Connects Students with Employers

Madison Weishaar, Reporter October 4, 2022

Undergraduate students in the College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences attended the AGCO Industry Day event last Wednesday at the Raven Precision Agriculture Center. AGCO Corporation,...

Ag industry leaders, students and faculty gathered in the Raven Precision Agriculture Center for the second Precision Connect event Friday, Sept. 16. Along with breakout sessions, students presented their summer internship experiences.

Precision Connect(s) Students and Industry

Madison Weishaar, Reporter September 20, 2022

Seventy-eight students in the College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences presented their summer internship experiences at the second annual Precision Connect event Friday, Sept. 16 at the...

President Barry Dunn addresses State FFA Convention attendees while outgoing State FFA Treasurer Paige Lehrkamp, left, and outgoing State FFA Sentinel Trinity Peterson look on.

State FFA returns to Frost Arena

Chloe Risse, Reporter April 27, 2022

Over 2,400 high school FFA students were on South Dakota State University’s campus this week to compete in 16 different contests at the 94th annual State FFA Convention, April 24-26. The CDE (career...

Front row, from left: Dalton Hower, COdy Gifford, Grady Gullickson, Logan Tesch. Middle row: Adrienne Lipinski, Zoey Schentzel, Cara Teigum, Sadie VanderWal, Tessa Herman, Anna Karrels. Back row: Karmen Sperr, Nathan Linke, Trevor Frost, Emmitt Bickett, Evan Wittry, Aaron Linke, Leona Meyer.

Meet the Little I executive team

Chloe Risse, Reporter March 29, 2022

It takes a lot of time, commitment and volunteers to run the “largest student-run two-day agriculture exposition in the country.” Over 150 South Dakota State University students make up the 99th Little...

SDSU and DSU become national leaders with new collaborative CyberAg program

SDSU and DSU become national leaders with new collaborative CyberAg program

Tessa Erdman, Reporter March 22, 2022

A bill signed earlier this month by Gov. Kristi Noem will help create a precision agriculture cybersecurity partnership between South Dakota State University and Dakota State University. House Bill...

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