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Learning about the agriculture food system, farm safety, cooperatives and working as a team through fun, hands-on activities are all things youth attending the South Dakota Farmers Union’s Youth Leadership Camp experienced July 19-22, 2026. In this episode, you’ll hear thoughts from two camp counselors and one camp attendee.

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Our host, Cortana Mancuso, discusses film school and upcoming projects with Baltimore School of the Arts graduate Dylan Pritzlaff.

The American Civil War is considered the deadliest in US history; however in a true show of respect and honor both Union and Confederate troops presented arms following the surrender at Appomattox Court House.

A trade team from Peru, hosted by the South Dakota Wheat Commission, arrived in Pierre on June 28, 2026, and spent the next two days getting a firsthand look at how hard red spring wheat and hard red winter wheat are grown, handled and shipped in the U.S.

In this episode, hear SD Wheat Commission Executive Director Jonathan Kleinjan recap the group’s visit to a HRS wheat variety plot tour hosted by South Dakota State University near Gettysburg, a stop at Cronin Farms, a tour of the Oahe Grain elevator at Onida, and a visit to the Sioux Nation Seed processing facility in Fort Pierre.

 

Before flying on to Montana, the group also took in some South Dakota scenery, with stops at Wall Drug and Mount Rushmore.

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While he is the most recognizable of the riders to warn about British troop movement, his famous phrase is fiction.

The Pony Express saw riders cover over 1800 miles just see the telegraph cut communication times down to mere minutes 18 months later

Along with seeing displays and hearing presentations celebrating the history of International Harvester, attendees at the 2026 National Red Power Round Up in Huron, SD, can wander through areas filled with tractors, engines, trucks and equipment. Steve Masat is an event co-organizer and a member of South Dakota Red Power Chapter 21. In this episode, he talks with DRG Media Group News and Farm Director Jody Heemstra about the schedule and some of the unique things attendees will get to see, including CASE IH's custom made 355 Magnum tractor named Providence that will be put on display for the very first time.

 

For more information or to buy tickets, log onto redpowerroundup2026.com.

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One of America's most influential authors dropped out of school after the 5th grade but that didn't stop him from writing classics still read today.

Cortana Mancuso interviews Cooper Gloe on his experience at State Skeet and 5-Stand, along with buffalo hunting, paddlefish catching, and marching band leadership.

The Department of Agriculture is leading the coordinated response to combat New World screwworm (NWS) in the United States. USDA’s response brings multiple federal, state and Tribal agencies together with industry and territorial partners. In this episode, hear South Dakota State Veterinarian Dr. Mendel Miller talk about the NWS fly and larvae, tell-tale signs an animal has the larvae and how current transportation regulations should help lower the chances of the fly moving very far, very fast around the U.S.

 

USDA’s screwworm.gov website says:

• While the current risk to animals and people is very low, protecting U.S. livestock and wildlife is a national security priority.

• This is not a food safety issue—the U.S. food supply remains safe.

• The United States has defeated NWS before—together, we will do it again.

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