DRG Media Group Beyond the Mic podcasts

How did wheat harvest go in South Dakota in 2022? Wheat Commission Executive Director Reid Christopherson shares his insight in this Agriculture In-depth podcast.

The South Dakota State Fair Foundation is holding a “Raise The SHED” fundraising campaign to build a new home for Open Class Sheep at the South Dakota State Fairgrounds in Huron. It will also serve as a multi-purpose facility including a show arena, educational center, concrete flooring and restrooms. Professor Emeritus at South Dakota State University and former SDSU Extension Sheep Specialist Jeff Held share more about the project and how to contribute to it.

A one-day agritourism workshop will be held in Sturgis, South Dakota, Nov. 17, 2022. SDSU Extension Community Vitality Field Specialist Peggy Schlechter says agritourism is a growing area of interest for vacationers.
To register or learn more about the SD Agritourism Workshop, visit https://extension.sdstate.edu/event/south-dakota-agritourism-workshop-sturgis.

The Miller basketball star discusses losing his junior year to and coming back from a serious knee injury with DRG Media Group Sports' Darren Boyle.

A new online tool for visualizing and exploring freeze-date trends is now available, thanks to a partnership between Purdue University’s Midwestern Regional Climate Center and the US Department of Agriculture’s Midwest Climate Hub in Ames, IA. Dr. Dennis Todey with USDA tells us more about the interactive website.

Pierre Governor Football lineman Jason Maciejczak discusses work ethic and the Governors' goal of another state championship with DRG Media Group Sports' Brian Oakland.

Pierre Governor Football lineman Jason Maciejczak discusses his time at Douglas High School and growing up in Box Elder and his transition to Pierre with DRG Media Group Sports' Brian Oakland.

The US Department of Agriculture is putting together a new program to assist producers and grain elevators in South Dakota and a few other states with rebuilding on-farm grain storage sites destroyed by natural disasters throughout the course of the past year. USDA FSA Administrator Zach Ducheneaux shares some of the preliminary details.

The US Department of Agriculture recently announced the federal government is making $500 million in grants available to increase American-made fertilizer production to spur competition and combat price hikes on US farmers caused by the war in Ukraine. Secretary Tom Vilsack made comments and answered reporter questions during a news conference (Sept. 27, 2022,) at the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture meeting in New York.

Farmers National Company senior vice president of real estate operations Randy Dickhut will retire Sept. 30, 2022, after more than 20 years with the company. He says agriculture land sales trends have been unique the past year or two.