The hot topic of the day is in Iowa where a bill has been passed in the House, "creating new criminal and civil penalties for anyone convicted of tampering or interfering with property associated with a livestock or crop operation. Supporters of...
In this land of plenty, I doubt that most of us spend much time in the day worrying about hungry Americans. The fact of the matter is that one in six kids goes hungry at night; that’s 12 million children! Sometimes the only decent meal a child...
Yesterday, my sister texted me while sitting in her Social Problems class at South Dakota State University (SDSU). She asked me, "Have you seen the movie...
Every year, producers, agricultural associations, corporations, universities, government agencies and countless others across America join together to recognize the contributions of agriculture in today’s society. This week is Ag Week, and today...
n 2007, I was an intern in Washington, D.C., with the USDA Ag Marketing Service. It was my first college summer. I was 19 years old and had never lived a serious distance away from home before. To say that moving to the world’s most powerful city...
Agriculture advocacy must be catching on, as this week's blog posts have been overflowing with positive stories about ranchers doing great things to share the agriculture story. I'm a firm believer that connecting consumers to producers should be...
Darci Adams, the Humane Society of the U.S. (HSUS) state director for South Dakota, invited HSUS members to Pierre on Feb. 15 for an event dubbed, “South Dakota Humane Lobby Day.” A dozen members of the group showed up to visit with the state’s...