SD Corn

It’s no doubt that we raise great beef in South Dakota. Our farmers and ranchers take a lot of pride in that and it shows in their hard work and continued investment into valued-added agriculture.

As our state’s farmers and ranchers steadily work on getting their crops planted this spring, many are also working with their cattle. Spring is a busy time as farmers have short windows when they can plant due to the weather while also trying to find time to transport their cattle to pasture.

Beef cattle are big consumers of both corn and the ethanol byproduct, distillers grain as cattlemen invest in the highest quality nutrients, which in turn produce the safest and best tasting beef in the entire world.

Besides its great taste, beef is also very nutritious, providing a significant source of protein, B12, zinc, niacin, B6, phosphorus, choline, iron and riboflavin.

We encourage you, your family and friends to celebrate National Beef Month by grilling out with some burgers or your favorite cuts of steak, taking part in a great American tradition and appreciating a great American product during the month of May.

For more information on beef nutrition, recipes or other information, check out: http://www.beefitswhatsfordinner.com/

Telling the story of agriculture today should be one about innovation and pride. Instead, certain media and anti-ag organizations are telling a different story, a negative one about those very same people who are growing the food that feeds much of the world today. So instead of letting urban journalists continue to rip on conventional agriculture, an alliance has been formed to tell the real story of how our nation’s food is raised from the producers themselves, America’s family farmers and ranchers.

The newly formed organization is called the United States Farmers and Ranchers Alliance, and they are asking for something very simple from producers…raise your voice and tell your story. The time has never been more important to create an educational dialogue between the people who raise the food and the people who eat it. Consumers are eager to know more about how their food was raised and farmers need to do a better job of telling them.

Farmers and ranchers have done an amazing job of feeding the world by adapting to new technologies and changing their practices in order to become more efficient and productive. In fact on average, each American farmer and rancher feeds an average of 155 people each year, that’s up from 73 people just 40 years ago. But now it’s time to make another adjustment, sharing their story of success with the rest of world who takes them for granted. And what a story it is, about our countries family farmers and ranchers, who are growing the most abundant, affordable, nutritious and safest food in the entire world.

For more information on the USFRA check out their website at: http://usfraonline.org/

You can also follow them on Twitter: @USFRA and on Facebook.

South Dakota Corn salutes America’s beef producers as we recognize May as National Beef Month.

As our state’s corn farmers steadily work on getting their crops planted, a number of those same farmers and ranchers are also working with their cattle. Spring is a busy time as farmers have short windows where they can plant due to the weather while also trying to find time to vaccinate and transport their cattle to pasture.

Beef cattle are big consumers of both corn and the ethanol byproduct, distillers grain as producers invest in the highest quality nutrients to receive the best financial return and produce the best tasting beef in the entire world.

Besides taste, American beef is also known as being some of the safest, most inexpensive and nutritious protein available to consumers today.

We encourage you and your family to celebrate National Beef Month by grilling out with some burgers or your favorite cuts of steak, taking part in a great American tradition and appreciating a great American product during the month of May.

For more information on beef nutrition, recipes or other information, check out: http://www.beefitswhatsfordinner.com/