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Professional Ag Marketing of Luverne, Minnesota, has made a significant gift to the Richard Wahlstrom Endowment Fund at South ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ State University to enhance students’ knowledge of risk management for grain and livestock producers.

The College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences at South ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ State University will begin offering an Associate of Science degree in agricultural science through the Capital City Campus in Pierre this fall.

Researchers in South ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ State University's School of Design, in cooperation with SDSU Extension, are evaluating how South ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ residents use and value the state's coveted water resources through a region-wide survey.

Rachel Short and Gazala Ameen, two assistant professors in South ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ State University's College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences, have each received one of the National Science Foundation's most prestigious grants for early career ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ to pursue biology research projects.

A team of South ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ State University researchers — led by professor Wanlong Li — have received a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture to modify the genetic code of wheat plants to make them more tolerant to heat stress.

Adam Devlin, a recent master’s graduate in the South ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ State University Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science, worked on a collaborative project with ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ in the School of Design to bring awareness to the hardships of South ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ farmers and the effects of soil composition in various subjects.

Young people with an interest in swine learned more about swine production and career opportunities at the second annual South ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ Swine Summit on June 13, presented at South ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ State University by SDSU Extension and the South ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ Pork Producers Council.

Carbon programs in the region will pay farmers to adopt "climate-smart" farming techniques — like no or reduced tillage, cover crops and nutrient management — but recent studies have found that only a small percentage of eligible farmers choose to enroll in these programs. A new study from SDSU's Ness School of Management and Economics — led by associate professors Tong Wang and Hailong Jin — examines the barriers to enrolling in these carbon programs.

By the narrowest of margins — two points out of more than 2,000 — the SDSU Quarter Scale Tractor Team came up just short of winning its third consecutive national title. Competing at the 27th annual International Quarter-Scale Tractor Student Design Competition at the Expo Gardens Fairgrounds in Peoria, Illinois, the South ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ State University team placed third out of 21 teams.

Twenty-four students from South ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ State University’s College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences traveled to Vietnam in May through an agriculture-focused education abroad program.