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New Precision Ag building anticipated to open in June

New Precision Ag building anticipated to open in June

Emily Matejka, Reporter April 13, 2021

Construction of the Raven Precision Agriculture Center is tentatively set to finish this June, allowing the first classes to be held there in fall 2021. The completion of the building will allow South...

Record turnout at annual cattle show brings in local, national showmen

Record turnout at annual cattle show brings in local, national showmen

Samantha Richert, Reporter (She/Her) March 16, 2021

The college-run Jackrabbit Memorial Jackpot Show had its largest turnout this past weekend, hosting a variety of cattle showmen. The Jackrabbit Memorial Cattle Show is put on by the Block and Bridle Club...

Noem creates Dept. of Agriculture and Natural Resources

Noem creates Dept. of Agriculture and Natural Resources

Katelyn Winberg, Reporter (She/Her) February 9, 2021

Gov. Kristi Noem signed an executive order Jan. 12 to merge the Department of Agriculture (SDDA) and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). Hunter Roberts, the intended head of the...

Farmers faced wild, yet hopeful, ride in the commodity markets in 2020

Farmers faced wild, yet hopeful, ride in the commodity markets in 2020

Samantha Anderson, Reporter February 9, 2021

Corn and soybean producers hung on tight this past year during an unusually wild ride in the agricultural commodity markets. “Farming is high risk. We’re basically gamblers,” Clark Grannes, a...

Berg Agricultural Hall prepares for renovations next fall

Berg Agricultural Hall prepares for renovations next fall

Nicole Hudson, Reporter February 2, 2021

Berg Agricultural Hall, home to the College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences (CAFES), will begin building renovations in the fall of 2021. The first and second floors of the building will...

Tyler Bush ranks high at national livestock judging contest

Tyler Bush ranks high at national livestock judging contest

Adrienne Lipinksi, Reporter January 27, 2021

Tyler Bush has been competing in the world of livestock judging with a goal of winning the high individual title since he was 8 years old, and in November, that goal became reality.   Bush, along...

Professional veterinary medicine program unifies SDSU and UMN

Professional veterinary medicine program unifies SDSU and UMN

Megan Bertsch, Reporter February 27, 2020

Students of South Dakota State University’s Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Science have reason to celebrate.  The University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine has joined forces...

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Raven Precision Agriculture Center receives new donation

Jordan Rusche, Copy Editor February 11, 2020

On Dec. 17, 2019, POET, a biotechnology company based out of Sioux Falls, contributed $2 million to the construction of the Raven Precision Agriculture Center at South Dakota State University. “This...

Phones are revolutionizing the hog industry

Phones are revolutionizing the hog industry

Sammi Schrag, Agriculture Reporter November 19, 2019

History books are full of firsts. The first country to land on the moon. The first electric car. The first successful heart surgery. Now, the South Dakota State University Swine Education and Research...

Jackrabbit Stampede Rodeo rides into Brookings April 5-6

Jackrabbit Stampede Rodeo rides into Brookings April 5-6

Swiftel Center March 28, 2019

This story was sponsored by the Swiftel Center. The South Dakota State University rodeo team will kick up the dust at the 65th annual Jackrabbit Stampede Rodeo Friday, April 5 and Saturday, April 6,...

Experience at Dairy Bar, plant help students learn

Experience at Dairy Bar, plant help students learn

Danielle Sons, Lifestyles Reporter March 22, 2019

Nestled behind Berg Agricultural Hall and next to Alfred Dairy Science Hall is the Davis Dairy Plant and Dairy Bar, where people tour, study and enjoy some of the many products that are made here on campus....

Netherlands native finds home at SDSU, plans for life-long career in dairy industry

Netherlands native finds home at SDSU, plans for life-long career in dairy industry

Emma Anderson, Lifestyles Reporter March 20, 2019

Flying over the Atlantic Ocean, Sanne de Bruijn and her family traveled from their home in the Netherlands to the United States in 2004 to pursue their love for dairy. De Bruijn, a junior double majoring...

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