Leaders from six South Dakota agriculture groups came together in Pierre June 2, 2021 to unite behind solutions to help South Dakota’s cattle industry.
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Call for Entries: SD Stockgrowers announced annual photo contest
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RAPID CITY, SD – The South Dakota Stockgrowers are set to sponsor their annual photo contest. In an effort to shine a spotlight on true conservation and to tell the story of modern-day livestock production along with the people and places involved in this way of life, the SDSGA will be accepting entries of original photographs from May 1, 2021 until August 1, 2021.
Grand Prize 2020 Photo Contest Winner, “If The Shoe Fits,” taken by Candy Erk Manthey
“People had a lot of fun with this last year,” says SDSGA Executive Director James Halverson. “We had many really amazing entries a year ago and we are very excited to see what our members and other supporters submit in 2021. Cameras are everywhere, and we know how beautiful our ranches, animals, landscapes, loved ones, and western events are. Our hope is this will encourage folks of all ages to get out and capture these images in order to preserve what
The drought maps say . . .
There are different ways of defining and measuring drought. The U.S. Drought Monitor, which describes its mission as providing a consistent big-picture look at drought conditions in the United States, splits drought into five categories. In increasing levels of intensity, they are abnormally dry, moderate drought, severe drought, extreme drought and exceptional drought.
Virtually all of Minnesota and North Dakota, most of Montana and South Dakota and northern and western Iowa are in one of those five stages. The western half of North Dakota, northwest Montana, northeast South Dakota and extreme northwest Iowa are particularly hard hit, according to the Drought Monitor, a joint effort of the National Drought Mitigation Center, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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