By Mackenzie Huber As some South Dakota dairy farmers struggle to find workers and as the state’s unemployment rate remains the lowest in the nation at 1.9%, South Dakota’s economic development office continues to approve incentives for the industry. Two boards affiliated with the state Governor’s Office of Economic Development approved $17 million of…

By Andrew Hockenberry, Jonathan Coppess, and Bryan Endres On Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in Learning Resources, Inc., v. Trump (Case No. 24-1287). The case asks whether the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) authorizes the President to impose tariffs on countries based on national security or other threats to…

Tens of thousands of blue jackets filled the streets of Indianapolis during the 98th National FFA Convention and Expo last month, as members took part in service projects, general sessions, competitions, industry tours, and more. The National FFA Organization shared the impressive stats from the largest-ever annual gathering of FFA…

Longtime Border Patrol agents have seen their share of creative smuggling attempts, but this one layers on the irony thicker than the cuts at a butcher’s counter. On November 14, Nogales Station Border Patrol agents, at the Interstate 19 immigration checkpoint near Amado, Arizona, discovered methamphetamine hidden inside packages of…

A new economic analysis released by the Meat Institute shows just how critical meat and poultry processing is to the U.S. economy, especially in rural communities that depend on the industry for jobs, tax revenue, and local investment. According to the report, the meat and poultry processing sector directly contributes…

What if everyday cameras (the same ones in our phones) could reveal the hidden chemistry of crops? Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign are making that a reality, turning low-cost RGB cameras into powerful tools that can read plant nutrients, assess crop stress, and even predict growth. Today, farmers…