DRG Media Group Beyond the Mic podcasts

Albert Abraham Michelson had the honor of being the first American to receive a Nobel Prize in Physics. It happened back in 1907.

DRG Media Group Sports' Brian Oakland visits with promising Pierre bowler Emily Kringel.

The US Department of Agriculture and the Flower Hill Institute are working together on a new meat and poultry processing program. Flower Hill Regional Director Dave Carter talked about the program with DRG Media Group News and Farm Director Jody Heemstra.

Learn more about Irene Triplett in this Making of America program.

Pierre Governor senior basketball standout and future South Dakota Mines player Reese Terwilliger visits with David Burrall.

In this episode of Agriculture In-depth, Jody Heemstra talks about streamlining programs, staffing and the farm bill with US Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency Administrator and South Dakota rancher Zach Ducheneaux.

Learn more about Steve Jobs in this Making of America program.

The President of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association is hoping to clarify some confusion floating around in cattle country about underwriters for the Livestock Risk Protection Program. Todd Wilkinson is a cattle producer from the DeSmet, South Dakota, area. He says the main question is if an underwriter of the LRP program fails, is the producer’s contract still valid?

Former US Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor paved a path for women on multiple levels of the nation's court system. Learn more about her in this Making of America program.

Agriculture stakeholders had hoped to get a new federal farm bill written and passed in 2023. While that didn’t happen, United States President Joe Biden did sign a one-year extension that includes funding for farm programs and some food assistance programs through September 2024. Ed Elfman is the Senior Vice President of Agriculture and Rural Policy for the American Bankers Association. He talks about the importance of having a farm bill in place at the end of 2023, getting more money for USDA offices to upgrade their technology, interest rates and more.