South Dakota farm sticks with ‘outdoor pig’ method Dolan Worth and his son, Barth Worth, run a commercial “outdoor” farrow-to-finish farm east of Gettysburg, S.D. Part of a diversified crop partnership, the Worths employ a low-input, commercial style that is an anachronism in the region’s agriculture. 6:00 am, Apr. 26, 2021
GETTYSBURG, S.D. In a world where hog production is largely an indoor sport, one family of pork pros still plays the game like it was originally played outdoors
“We do it the old way,” says Dolan Worth, 70.
Dolan Worth, 70, and his son, Bart, 50, maintain an unusual, farrow-to-finish outdoor pig operation, as part of a cropping and beef partnership with Dolan’s brothers, Danny and Dale. Photo taken March 31, 2021, Gettysburg, S.D. Mikkel Pates / Agweek
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Blood drive in St. James
An American Red Cross blood drive will be held noon to 6 p.m. Thursday and 8 a.m. to noon Friday at First Presbyterian Church, 706 Third Ave in St. James. Extra sanitization will be in place. Please wear a face covering and practice good physical distancing. To schedule an appointment, please call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit redcrossblood.org. Donors of all blood types are needed. Everyone is encouraged to donate blood to keep up with the challenging demands due to the pandemic and the winter season.
College News (BOLD Mitchell Prafke)
Mitchell Prafke of Fairmont was named to the President’s list for the 2020 fall semester at Lake Area Technical College in Watertown, S.D.
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Dec 10, 2020 6:29 AM
During a meeting of the South Dakota Board of Technical Education Wednesday (Dec. 9, 2020), the state’s technical college system announced a 78% retention rate for the fall of 2020. The system has maintained this retention rate over the past five years. The retention rate measures students who were enrolled at an institution one fall and either continue their enrollment or have graduated by the following fall.
Lake Area Technical College in Watertown reported an 84% retention rate, Mitchell Technical College in Mitchell reported an 82% rate, Southeast Technical College in Sioux Falls reported a 75% rate and Western Dakota Technical College in Rapid City reported a 69% rate.