The report contains data on planting, crop development and harvest progress, all of which can drive commodity markets. The ...

The soybean harvest in the top 18 states, at 95% complete by Nov. 16, was just behind 96% as the five-year average and 98% as the year-ago progress. Just before the USDA suspended its reports, the ...

Weather plays a starring role in any South Dakota driving experience, and Harrisburg offers front-row seats to nature’s most spectacular shows. Spring brings dramatic thunderstorms that build across ...

My first encounter with this South Dakota institution came courtesy of a chatty waitress at a nearby diner who, between refilling my coffee cup and recommending the blueberry pie, insisted I couldn’t ...

According to RaboBank’s Agri Commodity Outlook 2026, geopolitics has overtaken supply and demand as the key force.

SD Vivian, a new winter wheat variety from South Dakota State University, will be on the market for producers in the fall of ...

The South Dakota Wheat Growers Association (SDWGA) is pleased to announce that Jennifer Scharpe has been named executive director, effective October 1, 2025. Scharpe brings more than 15 years of ...

A dry spell in Australia is taking the edge off of a bumper wheat harvest, trimming supplies from one of the world’s largest exporters. Precipitation in September, a key phase for the crop’s ...

Growing up on a farm in central South Dakota, just outside Kennebec, I learned early that harvest was more than just work—it was a way of life. Now, after living in Sioux Falls for the past 30 years, ...

MANDAN, NORTH DAKOTA, US — Harvest of the 2026 northern Plains spring wheat crop was considered “mostly complete,” the North Dakota Wheat Commission (NDWC) said in its Sept. 23 final weekly wheat ...

South Dakota’s wheat harvest is a tale of two crops this season. Winter wheat harvest is wrapping up in many areas and it could be one of the best crops on record. Jack Ingemansen is superintendent of ...