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The ‘Goat Man’ remembered
Ahead of South Shore’s 125th Anniversary, the Current is pleased to publish a special section on the community’s history. “I…
Farm and Food: Big Bacon’s Farm Bill carve-out needs to be carved out
Farm Bills are often loaded with “special interest” lard that favors, say, crop insurance companies, international grain merchandisers, meatpackers, a……
USDA cuts programs to aid new and Native American farmers
In his dual roles as a cattle rancher and chairman of the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe, Boyd Gourneau was hopeful…
Goldfish lend helping fin to livestock producers by keeping water clean
By Connie Sieh Groop Twenty years ago, cattle rancher Glenn Treftz of Wetonka added a few goldfish to the stock…
Dear County Agent Guy: A dairy farming primer
A reader recently emailed me, saying that they were distressed about how modern dairies operate. I replied with some insights…
Farm and Food File: Can someone give rural America some love?
President Donald J. Trump loves to point out that farmers “love” him. The Nov. 2024 election results prove it’s no…
Early Watertown tractor company subject of new book
“Grandpa’s Tractors” is available at the Codington County Heritage Museum. A minister from De Smet who invented the Dakota farm…
South Dakota legislator killed in farming accident remembered as man of faith, service
Condolences from across South Dakota poured in Thursday after Rep. Richard Vasgaard, a Turner County farmer and legislator, was killed…
Dear County Agent Guy: Antique tractors are things of beauty
Call us wild and crazy, but my wife and I enjoy attending small-town summertime celebrations. The most recent such event…
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