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December 2025


  




 

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  Ag Horizons Conference kicks off tomorrow with One day of top notch ag presentations




SDSU Beef team to host Calving Camp in Watertown & Mitchell

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  2025/25 SD Junior Beef Ambassadors launch new year for beef promotion & education




SDSU Extension creating resources to aid farmers with grain storage moisture concerns

 


 

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  SD Soybean Association and Soybean Council to host Ag Outlook tomorrow in Sioux Falls
SDSU Extension to host “Maximizing Soils” Conference December 9 in Freeman





 


 

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  SD Urban Forester offers tips on Christmas tree selection & care





 Forage quality and pest management to be focus of Northern Plains Forage Assn event

 

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  Communication style CAN impact success of farm/ranch transition & estate planning
 




SDSU Extension offers tips on selection & care of poinsettias


 


 

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   SD Wheat shares US wheat quality message with international wheat buyers on overseas mission




SDSU Extension to host Beef 20/20 sharing insight on beef carcass quality


 

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  SD Cattlewomen spearhead “Beef in the Classroom Experience” across SD






Brief warm-up in store for mid week before frigid temperatures return by week’s end

 


 

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  Mitchell Soil Health Event lays plans for February meeting







SD rangeland survey finds nutritional value for livestock in forbs & wildflowers

 

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  Popular SD Soil Health Conference is slated for January 13 & 14 in Aberdeen 





Sunflower seed weevil continued to challenge SD growers in 2025


 

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   Atmospheric scientist foresees big swings in temperatures before a white Christmas
December edition of Cattle HQ Live spotlights “Calving season prep”

 

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  Six year trade agreement with Indonesia give US Wheat farmers a win



Kochia control in central SD begins with fall applied pre-emerge herbicide


 

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  SD Beef Council supports digital “Beef for the Holidays” campaign



SDSU Extension Meat Specialist offers tips on purchasing turkey, ham & beef for X-mas
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  Keep Farmers Farming aids farm/ranch families consider “Family Unit Priorities”


Soybean aphid infestations came late enough in 2025 that treatment was not needed
 
 

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  DANR SD Secretary Hunter Roberts reviews 2025 Year in Agriculture



SDSU Extension’s Sustaining the Legacy program continues in Mitchell, Aberdeen & Watertown


 

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  SD Soybean Yield and Quality Contest winners revealed




SDSU Extension reviews corn disease challenges of 2025 growing season

 


 

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