PIERRE, S.D. — A South Dakota law that empowers counties to re-designate swaths of land from crop-land to non-crop land, aided in reducing farmland valuations by a total of $120.5 million. On Tuesday, ...

Greater sage grouse advocates warn a new federal plan threatens critical habitat in South Dakota and other states.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem and two state lawmakers are proposing legislation to restrict foreign purchases of agricultural land in the state. Noem specifically mentioned China. “With this new ...

The King brothers stalked a pair of big bucks that were fighting on public land in South Dakota. The bigger one scored over ...

PIERRE, S.D. — The attempt by Gov. Kristi Noem to create a review process monitoring foreign counties that want to purchase South Dakota farmland is not a new phenomenon in the state. A similar ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Stacker) — The federal government owns 27.1% of all land in the United States, or 615.3 million of 2.27 billion acres. Federal lands are managed mostly for preservation, recreation, ...

South Dakota lawmakers are advancing a number of bills that would curb Chinese influence in South Dakota's farmland amid concerns among Republican leaders after a spy balloon was spotted and shot down ...

A recent farmland sale in Codington County sold for the highest amount auctioneers Randy Owen and Mike Bergh have seen in the county in recent years. The sale of four tracts of land boiled down to ...

PIERRE, S.D. — The South Dakota House Agriculture and Natural Resources committee on Tuesday, Feb. 16 overwhelmingly approved a measure that landowners say would drastically limit the instances when a ...

Some members of the state’s tribal nations are beginning to slowly embrace visitors as tribal leaders and organizations are ...

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Advocates see it as an opportunity for tribes to connect visitors with the lands, medicinal plants and stories of their ...