Roscoe, SD

Agtegra Working right in front and behind our growers near Roscoe, SD
Where weather is cooperative we have been planting into some of the fittest soils for planting I can remember for quite a few years. Seed is going in perfect and planters are closing seed trench beautifully.

An update from John Muske of Agtegra Cooperative

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Agriculture in a frozen economy

After months of uncertainty, the biofuels industry got some good news. The EPA had been granting exemptions to small refineries so they were not required to blend ethanol with petroleum fuel. A January ruling by the 10th U.S. Circuit Court put a stop to EPA’s small refinery exemption. Then we heard information from the Administration that the Justice Department might challenge that Court decision. […]

Billie Sutton: The effect of the Corona Virus on Ranchers and the benefits of COOL

Hot Barn Report talked with rancher, banker and former state senator Billie Sutton of South Dakota on the effect of the corona virus on ranchers and the benefits of COOL. […]

Remember the acronym COOL, Country of Origin Labeling

Recently American ranches and feedlot owners have been under attack by the big 4 packers that manipulate cattle futures prices on the board of trade. Right now, the American beef producers are facing a 2-billion-dollar beef deficit with beef being imported form countries like Brazil – famous for tainted and spoiled beef, New Zealand, Australia and even Africa. […]