Gov. Dennis Daugaard (R-SD) has declared a statewide emergency because of the ongoing drought conditions in his state.

An online startup that sells sustainable beef has expanded its service to Washington, D.C.

Since the official start of summer arrived with Memorial Day, grilling season and fresh fundamentals are helping ignite a new rally in cattle markets.

Jury selection started Wednesday in a more than $1 billion defamation case over ABC news reports on a South Dakota meat producer’s lean, finely textured beef product, which critics have dubbed “pink slime.” The trial in state court is scheduled to last until late July.

Dryness is intensifying in the northern Plains, and cattlemen and grain markets are responding.

Beef trade protocols with China have been finalized by USDA.