This is the fourth of eight articles being published through eight newspapers in an eight county area bringing awareness to the community regarding extreme dry conditions expected in 2025. Managing for green leafy grass maintains an active living root.

On April 1, 2025, Food & Water Watch filed a motion to intervene in a federal lawsuit on behalf of Ranchers Cattlemen Action Legal Fund United Stockgrowers of America, Western Organization of Resource Councils, Latino Farmers and Ranchers International, and the Alabama Contract Poultry Growers Association to defend new commonsense protections safeguarding farmers and ranchers from meatpacker discrimination, retaliation, and deception under the Packers & Stockyards Act. The lawsuit, filed by the National Chicken Council, Meat Institute, and other industry groups, seeks to strike down these protections to greenlight continued abuse.

Moving livestock is an inescapable part of a rancher’s life, and it can be labor intensive, especially if a producer uses a rotational grazing system designed to improve rangeland and soil health. But what if it doesn’t have to be? Enter virtual fencing, a system in which livestock wear special collars designed to keep them inside boundaries marked by lines on a GPS map instead of by wires and fenceposts.

The South Dakota Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources (DANR) and the South Dakota Farm Bureau (SDFB) are honored to recognize longstanding South Dakota family farms and ranches through the Century Farm and Ranch program at this year’s State Fair.

ESULTS Thursday Men’s League 4/17/25 Gregory Lanes, 174½-125½; Northern Plains, 158½-141½; Stukel Eagle Ranch, 153-147; CATS, 149-151; 9 & Wiggle, 144-156; Home Town Auto, 143½-156½; Blue Lightning, 138-162; Rod’s Sport Shop, 133½-166½; HTG: 9 & Wiggle, 842; HTS: 9 & Wiggle, 2374; HIG: Dusty McKenzie, 248; HIS: Dustin Stukel, 668. End of season roll off: 9 & Wiggle (485½) vs.

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