Farm and Food File: Just saying so doesn’t make it so
Too many officials in the Trump Administration and several farm state Capitol Hill leaders believe that just saying something is…
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Farm and Food File: Congress has much to do, and it won’t do much
I’m old enough to remember when Congress – like most Americans – worked during the summer. Sure, the pinstriped, air-conditioned…
Farm and Food File: How one Texas county grabbed almost $1 billion in farm subsidies in 10 years
You’d think that the three extra years Congress has taken to update the 2018 Farm Bill might mean it stumbled…
America’s 250th anniversary fast approaching
As Americans in general, and South Dakotans in particular, gear up to celebrate the nation’s 250th anniversary this year, Dr….
Farm and Food File: All chickens come home to roost
If you grew up on a farm, you know that milk cows show up to be milked, horses return to…
Farm and Food File: When ‘crazy’ is the only answer
House Ag Committee Chairman Glenn Thompson must not be a superstitious man. If he were, he would not have introduced…
Thune visits Watertown to tour Pivotal Health Solutions
With Congress on a recess until later this month, U.S. Sen. John Thune was in Watertown Tuesday, February 17, to…
Farm and Food File: Farm Bill talk is Groundhog Day after Groundhog Day after…
Punxsutawney Phil, the shadow-obsessed groundhog, and Glenn “GT” Thompson, the chairman of the House Ag Committee, have something in common:…
South Dakota awarded $189 million to improve rural health care
South Dakota will receive $189.4 million in federal funding for rural health care in fiscal year 2026, an amount nearly…
Deuel County family nominated for Angels in Adoption award
Sen. Mike Rounds Riley and Emily Krause of rural Brandt have been nominated for the 2025 Angels in Adoption award…
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