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There’s a plaque hanging in the MoDak Dairy office from 1985 celebrating the fact that each dairy cow produced an average of 15,000 pounds of milk annually. Forty years later, the average has doubled. Today, each MoDak Dairy cow produces about 30,000 pounds of milk annually.

South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University researcher Sunil Mor has received the Bayer-Snoeyenbos New Investigator à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã for his crucial work in the poultry industry.

The South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University colleges of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences and Education and Human Sciences honor Reid Christopherson, Garretson; Wallace Knock, Willow Lake; Jeff Lakner, Wessington, and Greg Moes, Goodwin, with the 2025 Eminent Leaders in Agriculture, Family and Community à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã.

A new study from South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University reveals how grapevine canes can be converted into plastic-like material that is stronger than traditional plastic and will decompose in the environment in a relatively short amount of time.

Students in the South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University Department of Dairy and Food Science brought home significant honors in two recent national collegiate competitions.

Innovative technology for range management will be the focus of the upcoming Cottonwood Field Station Field Day. All are invited to hear about the latest South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University research on the topic on Friday, Aug. 15, from 9 a.m.-noon at 23738 Fairview Road, Philip.

A team of nine undergraduate students from South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University recently returned from Ribeirão Preto, Brazil, after competing in the prestigious 2025 IFAMA Global Student Case Competition, held in conjunction with the International Food and Agribusiness Management Association World Conference hosted by Harven Agribusiness School.

In a new project through the Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering's Future Innovators of America program, Matthew Croke will work with assistant professor Aritra Banerjee to develop a system that predicts root zone moisture using artificial intelligence and remote sensing tools.

A South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University program designed to train the next generation of agricultural innovators and leaders was approved during the recent South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã Board of Regents meetings in Brookings. The global agricultural leadership master’s degree program is a condensed, 14-month professional curriculum that will provide students with the background and skills they need to contribute to the vitality of agriculture and to the economic growth of rural communities in South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã while enhancing the lives of people worldwide.

Gazala Ameen, assistant professor of plant-pathogen interactions at South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University, has been awarded the 2025 Early Career à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã by the American Phytopathological Society’s North Central Division.