SD Extension announces signature programs - Mitchell Republic

Having just emerged from a budget-driven structural reorganization resulting in Regional Extension Centers staffed by Field Specialists, South Dakota State University Extension announced a series of new signature programs. Among the programs is an effort to help people who are new to farming and ranching. The program, called the SDSU Extension Beginning Farmer/Rancher Program, is intended to help people who are just starting to farm as well as those who may have inherited land and want to learn how it should be managed, according to Dr. Barry Dunn, SDSU Dean of the College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences and director of SDSU Extension. The emphasis on new Extension programs reaches beyond agriculture.