Mike Jaspers

South Dakota State University creates a formal partnership with the Indian Institute of Technology Ropar to share resources and promote international collaborations.

South Dakota Soybean Processors is continuing with plans to build its biggest processing facility yet — a $500 million plant near Mitchell that recently received a permit from Davison County.

A South Dakota-based agriculture company has unveiled a line of products that can lower the methane emissions of certain livestock while also increasing milk and meat production.

A regional producer-owned hog processor plans to build a $500 million slaughterhouse in Sioux Falls. However, a ballot measure allowing voters to decide if they want another meatpacking plant in city limits is expected to make its way onto the city’s November ballot.

A legislative committee has advanced a bill that supporters say will fix a "blind spot" in how the state determines whether agricultural land should be taxed as cropland or ranchland.

In The Moment … June 25, 2020 Show 846 Hour 2Mike Jaspers is a fifth-generation South Dakota farmer. He served on the state legislature and as South…

This week’s South Dakota news features life-saving advances in stroke treatment, the surprise resignation of a prominent conservative state lawmaker, and…

A GEAR Up update, a discussion about regenerative ag, and a special report on the Stanley Weber trial.Plus, the South Dakota State Department of Education…

In The Moment ... October 2, 2019 Show 671 Hour 1For the last three decades, farms in South Dakota and around the United States have trended towards…

After recent hearings on SNAP benefit eligibility requirements, the USDA issued a rule to reform the process; Representative Johnson discusses these…