This past May marks a significant milestone-30 years in business. What began as a vision and a leap of faith has grown into a journey filled with challenges, triumphs, and countless meaningful relationships. As we reflect on the past three decades, we are filled with gratitude for the people, partnerships, and purpose that have shaped our story.

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How did we get to the point where we need a Make America Healthy Again campaign? Here’s one career dairyman’s perspective. In the late 1980s, skim milk powder began to be mass-marketed on the global stage.

“A gut punch.” That’s how David Bordewyk, executive director of the South Dakota NewsMedia Association, described the abrupt closure of four newspapers in the state last month. On Aug.

On September 4, 2025, Governor Larry Rhoden celebrated the awarding of 630 new Build Dakota Scholarships for the 2025–2026 academic year, the highest number in the program’s history. These recipients make up Cohort 11, representing the 11th year of scholarship awards through the Build Dakota program. Gregory High School 2024 graduate Gannon Thomas is one of the scholarship recipients.

Avery Zeisler is the winner of this year’s Fed Cattle Challenge. For her first place finish, she was awarded $1500 and tickets to the South Dakota Cattlemen’s Foundation’s Gala and concert The Fed Cattle Challenge provides an opportunity for youth to learn about the science and economics of finishing cattle by participating in a calf finishing program. Participants and groups gain an understanding of the process for finishing cattle through ownership of a percentage of a pen of cattle (roughly equivalent to three head) at a custom feedlot, receive curriculum on twelve topics related to cattle feeding, calculate a closeout, and present what they have learned to a panel.