Janelle Atyeo
Regional Editor at Tri-State Neighbor
Regional Editor at Midwest Messenger
A mountain-loving South Dakotan, returning to her roots and reporting on ag - the industry that brought her great-grandfather to this prairie land.
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1 week ago |
agupdate.com | Janelle Atyeo
I told my husband the chicks were on tour and they would be stopping by our daughter’s school. He looked surprised. His mind went immediately to the group of musicians formally known as the Dixie Chicks. He’d somehow forgotten about the three peeping baby chickens cozied down under a heat lamp in the next room. Yes, we are back in the chicken business, to the two younger daughters’ great delight.
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1 week ago |
agupdate.com | Janelle Atyeo
A big fundraiser for FFA chapters each year involves selling boxes of fruit. One South Dakota chapter is raising money by selling specially branded bags of seed corn and building confidence through the experience. “It’s a large ask from the grower when you’re buying a bag of corn versus some fruit. That takes some confidence,” said Steven Senyak. Senyak is a retail sales agronomist with Brevant seeds based in Gettysburg, South Dakota.
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2 weeks ago |
agupdate.com | Janelle Atyeo
It was a frigid day in mid-February, but a South Dakota-based seed company was busy getting ready for planting season. A noisy new seed cleaning machine that roared to life this winter at AP Select’s Clear Lake, South Dakota headquarters, was sorting through soybeans, checking for uniform size, color and shape as the beans bounced through sieves and along conveyor belts. The machine runs 12-hour shifts, cleaning 500 units – about 70 million seeds – in an hour.
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3 weeks ago |
ravallirepublic.com | Janelle Atyeo
Lately, the breakneck speed at which the Trump administration has issued new policies has added another layer of uncertainty just ahead of planting season. Love Funny Wow Sad Angry
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3 weeks ago |
agupdate.com | Janelle Atyeo
DENVER – One topic of interest at Commodity Classic was high-oleic soybeans. As a former dairyman, South Dakota farmer Todd Hanten says he’s excited at the prospect of growing soybeans to feed the growing number of dairy cows around his Deuel County home. A director on the United Soybean Board, Hanten said the checkoff is working to research and promote high-oleic soybeans as a beneficial part of a dairy ration, to increase milk fat and maybe decrease methane emissions.
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You hear a lot about carbon credits, but but that whole world can be confusing and steeped in controversy. I took a step back to explain how they work in agriculture and talked to some farmers about what's in it for them. https://t.co/yuUhBKQVxl
Trade is the after-lunch topic at the Governor’s Ag Summit. Breaking news announced: Ag secretary Hunter Roberts will lead the state’s first trade mission to Mexico City this fall.
Lieutenant Gov. Larry Rhoden addresses the group at the SD Governor’s Ag Summit, defending Gov. Norm’s track record on protecting property rights. https://t.co/EJ2v8IibQA
