Year: 2024

The USDA says it will focus on three efforts to improve market fairness across the seed, meat and cattle sectors. The agency will soon take public comment on a new Packers and Stockyards Act rule [Read More…]

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Export opportunities exist for dairy

A market advisor says U.S. dairy products are priced to attract cheese export sales. Katie Burgess with Ever.ag tells Brownfield cheese prices in Europe are higher than the U.S. “Even though our cheese prices are [Read More…]

Dakota Valley’s Logan Collette Wins Class A State Boys Golf Title, Leads Panthers to Team Victory

Dakota Valley’s Logan Collette secured the individual title and propelled the Panthers to victory in the Class A state boys golf tournament at Central Valley Golf Course in Hartford. Collette completed the two-day event with [Read More…]

Mitchell Kernels Place Eighth at Boys State Golf in Watertown

Mitchell Kernels boys golf moved up one spot after day one to finish eighth overall in the 2024 Class AA State Tournament at Cattail Crossing Golf Course in Watertown. The Kernels shot 315 (+48) over two [Read More…]

Man Arrested After Altercation at Sioux Falls Restaurant Drive-Thru

A fight between employees and a customer at a Sioux Falls business led to the arrest of Tyreik Damon Broussard on charges of Simple Assault. The altercation occurred just after 1 p.m. on Saturday at [Read More…]

Burn pit law causes spike in claims to state Department of Veterans Affairs

John Hult, South Dakota Searchlight A federal law extending medical benefits to service members exposed to toxic burn pits has hiked the number of claims processed annually by the South Dakota Department of Veterans Affairs [Read More…]

3% of US high schoolers identify as transgender, CDC survey shows

Miguel Sotomayor/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A first-of-its-kind survey has found that 3.3% of U.S. high school students identified as transgender in 2023, with another 2.2% identified as questioning. The first nationally representative survey from the [Read More…]

Hurricane Milton: Why Tampa Bay is especially vulnerable to storm surge

Spencer Platt/Getty Images (TAMPA, Fla.) — It has been more than 100 years since Florida’s Tampa Bay area – a region especially vulnerable to storm surge and flooding – faced a direct hit by a [Read More…]

New trial date set for Ralph Yarl shooting suspect pending mental health evaluation

Jason Marz/Getty Images (KANSAS CITY, Mo.) — Andrew Lester, the man charged in the April 2023 shooting of Ralph Yarl after the teenager mistakenly went to the wrong house, got a new trial date on [Read More…]

How Trump is laying the groundwork to possibly challenge the 2024 election results

Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — There is roughly a month left to go in the 2024 presidential race, yet Donald Trump has been ramping up his rhetoric to possibly challenge the outcome. For months, he’s [Read More…]

Harris goes after Trump’s false claims about FEMA’s storm response

ABC (NEW YORK) — Vice President Kamala Harris went after Donald Trump for his false claims about FEMA in the wake of devastating storms in the Southeast during an appearance on ABC’s “The View” on [Read More…]

South Dakota State Women Tops Preseason Conference Poll

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – The South Dakota State women’s basketball team was picked to win the Summit League regular season trophy in the preseason poll released by the conference office Tuesday. Jackrabbit Brooklyn Meyer was named the Preseason [Read More…]

South Dakota State Men Picked Second in Summit League Preseason Poll

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – The South Dakota State men’s basketball program is again expected to contend for a Summit League title, while a pair of Jackrabbits were recognized, as a part of The Summit League Preseason [Read More…]

New ‘Moana 2’ special look features Moana sailing the seas in new adventure

Disney A new special look at Moana 2 is here. Walt Disney Animation Studios teased more of the highly anticipated sequel in a special look video on Tuesday, which features Moana sailing the seas of [Read More…]

‘Dancing with the Stars’ live tour announced

ABC Dancing with the Stars is hitting the road again! The hit dance show announced Dancing with the Stars: Live! on Tuesday, a nearly three-month tour in winter 2025 featuring professional dancers from the series, [Read More…]

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Minnesota Farmers Union Convention

Brownfield’s Mark Dorenkamp covers the Minnesota Farmers Union Convention in Minneapolis, MN. The post Minnesota Farmers Union Convention appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.

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Minnesota farmer focused on break-evens

A northwest Minnesota farmer is building her marketing plan around cost of production. Theresia Gillie of Hallock says she uses an online tool from North Dakota State University’s website to identify her break- even point. [Read More…]

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Market analyst says don’t wait for even lower feed prices

A market analyst says livestock producers waiting for even lower feed prices should be very careful. Mike North with Ever.ag says when prices went down, other buyers also entered the market. “Those markets really started [Read More…]

Lisa Marie Presley’s book reveals Michael Jackson was a virgin when they started dating