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Pierre, SD, USA / DRGNews Apr 10, 2021 8:00 AM As South Dakota farmers and ranchers gear up for spring planting and turning livestock out to pasture, warmer than average temperatures and limited chances of precipitation are continuing to make a dry situation worse. According to the latest U.S. Drought Monitor, 78.7% of South Dakota is in some level of drought, including 8% that is newly classified as Extreme Drought (D3) in the north central region. The rest of the state is Abnormally Dry (D0). “Drought is expected to persist in these areas through April, according to the latest monthly d...

This past year has laid bare concerns about food insecurities in this country. The pandemic has led to shortages in the grocery store on essential items like toilet paper and meat.  This has spurred many consumers to look at sourcing items locally instead of relying on big box stores. Meanwhile, producer frustrations about market manipulation and poor prices along with concerns about processors investing in fake meat companies has led many cattlemen and women to look at alternative methods to selling their beef. The goal is for them to become price-makers; not price-takers as they do so. Yet...