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The South Dakota Retailers Association is once again partnering with the State Fair to bring the Best Bagger Competition to the Freedom Stage on Saturday, September 5, 2026, at 11:30 a.m. Sponsored by Associated Wholesale Grocers, NW French and Associates, and Prairie Farms, the Best Bagger Competition features some of the quickest hands in the grocery business.

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BILLINGS, Mont., July 27, 2026 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced on Friday its plan to reopen the entry port at Douglas, Arizona, within 30 days as part of a phased reopening of the southern border to imports of livestock from Mexico.

The high sales price for Gus the T. rex could stimulate greater interest in South Dakota’s fossil hunting and dinosaur museum industries.

BILLINGS, Mont., July 27, 2026 – A just-released advocacy paper commissioned by the Meat Institute and completed by Decision Innovation Solutions (DIS), titled “The Economic Impact of MCOOL on the Beef and Pork Value Chains,” asserts that reinstating mandatory country of origin labeling (MCOOL) for beef and pork would result in more than $1 billion in annual costs of producing, packing and selling beef and pork, which in turn would increase the consumers’ price of beef by about 9 cents per pound.