WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following statement by Administrator Andrew Wheeler on the use of M-44 devices to control wild animals that prey on livestock and other animals: "I am announcing a withdrawal of EPA's interim registration review decision on sodium cyanide, the compound used in M-44 devices to control wild predators. This issue warrants further analysis and additional discussions by EPA with the registrants of this predacide. USDA is the prima  more

SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota, Aug. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - South Dakota Field Office issued the following news release: South Dakota's farm real estate value, a measurement of the value of all land and buildings on farms, was unchanged from 2018, according to USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. Farm real estate value for 2019 averaged $2,070 per acre. Cropland value increased slightly from last year to $3,130 per acre. Dryl  more