KSOO-AM 1140 - Live, Local and Breaking News from Sioux Falls, South Dakota » USDA http://ksoo.com The Talk of Sioux Falls Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:25:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 South Dakota Almost Out Of The Drought Red Zone http://ksoo.com/south-dakota-almost-out-of-the-drought-red-zone/ http://ksoo.com/south-dakota-almost-out-of-the-drought-red-zone/#comments Thu, 06 Jun 2013 23:39:57 +0000 Dan Peters http://ksoo.com/?p=106591 The latest drought monitor shows more improvement this week as June arrives.

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]]> http://ksoo.com/south-dakota-almost-out-of-the-drought-red-zone/feed/ 0 (Courtesy USDA) Ag Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan Coming to South Dakota With Money http://ksoo.com/ag-deputy-secretary-kathleen-merrigan-coming-to-south-dakota-with-money/ http://ksoo.com/ag-deputy-secretary-kathleen-merrigan-coming-to-south-dakota-with-money/#comments Tue, 26 Feb 2013 20:51:07 +0000 Rick Knobe http://ksoo.com/?p=69922 Two days before sequestration cuts will take place, the Federal Deputy Secretary of Agriculture will be in South Dakota Feb. 27 and 28th, bringing federal money.

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]]> http://ksoo.com/ag-deputy-secretary-kathleen-merrigan-coming-to-south-dakota-with-money/feed/ 0 (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Fewer Farmers, Larger Farms http://ksoo.com/fewer-farmers-larger-farms/ http://ksoo.com/fewer-farmers-larger-farms/#comments Wed, 20 Feb 2013 19:23:28 +0000 Gene Hetland http://ksoo.com/?p=67638 I'm guessing you've heard by now that South Dakota had fewer farms in  2012 than in 2011, and the average farm size grew during that time. I'm sure this news didn't surprise anyone.

By the numbers,  the USDA says South Dakota had 31,000 farms in 2012, 300 fewer than in 2011

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]]> http://ksoo.com/fewer-farmers-larger-farms/feed/ 0 The USDA says South Dakota had fewer, but larger farms in 2012 than in 2011.