The 39th Annual Rangeland Days and 18th Annual Soils Days were held in Watertown June 14 & 15 at the Codington Extension Building
Read MoreRound Table Meetings
The SD Association of Conservation Districts recognized the challenge so invited staff of conservation partners to “get to know each other” round tables at their spring area meetings.
Read MoreAdding Diversity to the Bottom Line
Layering enterprises is one way to maximize all the resources of a given operation to benefit both economic and ecological bottom lines.
Read MoreCost of Producing Hay
Winter feeding costs are typically the single greatest line-item cost in most cow-calf budgets. A few years ago, Jim Gerrish, a well known range consultant from Patterson, Idaho, wrote an...
Read MoreSouth Dakotans Value Healthy Grasslands
The telephone poll of 505 randomly selected voters in South Dakota, has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.4 percentage points. It was sponsored by SDGC to guide...
Read MoreTest That Water Source
Any type of water source except rural water can run high in salts. Stock dams are more susceptible than other sources but even wells and spring fed sources can be...
Read MoreConcerns in Grazing Management
In March 2023, the South Dakota Grassland Coalition put on Grazing Management Workshops where participants presented their grazing concerns.Those concerns were then addressed by local ranchers and agency personnel.
Read MoreNative Plant Month
Recognizing the importance of public awareness about the benefits of South Dakota's native plants to the state's agricultural economy, Governor Kristi Noem has proclaimed April as Native Plant Month.
Read MoreGrazing School
The Grazing School is designed for producers and anyone with an interest in learning how to best manage grasslands to benefit livestock.
Read MoreRange Consulting Program
The Grazing School Follow-Up Range Consulting Program was designed to help you implement the tools and techniques you learned at the grazing school. It’s one thing to learn the principles,...
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