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According to the USDA 2017 Census of Agriculture, approximately 30% of South Dakota farmers and ranchers are 6...

Brookings, S.D. - According to the USDA 2017 Census of Agriculture, approximately 30% of South Dakota farmers and ranchers are 65 years of age or older. Additionally, one in four producers is a beginning farmer…

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A small but lively crowd of people clapped excitedly as John Keene, president of the Martha’s Vineyard Fishermen’s Preservation Trust, cut the red rope Tuesday, signaling the opening of the Martha’s Vineyard Seafood Collaborative. The red rope was a significant symbol because it is a weak line that’s mandatory for fishermen to use for traps […]

Last year was the second highest year for U.S. agricultural exports, according to USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service's (FAS) "2020 U.S. Agricultural Export Yearbook." Total exports were nearly $146 billion, an increase of approximately 7%. This is the second highest level on record, after 2014. FAS said the primary factor for the increase in exports was the "increased shipments of soybeans, corn and pork to China." Soybeans were the United States' number one agricultural export at $25.7 billion, an increase of 38% over 2019. Soybeans represented nearly 18% of total U.S. agricultural exports ...