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Bandit—the 2025 entry for the Jackrabbit Tractor Company.
SDSU tractor team captures runner-up honors
For the second consecutive year, South Dakota State University finished just short of winning the International Quarter-Scale Tractor Student Design Competition. The SDSU Quarter-Scale Tractor Team, competing as the Jackrabbit Tractor Company, finished in a tie with Kansas State for second place. North Carolina State defended its 2024 title, finishing 26 points ahead of its Midwest competitors scoring 2,316 points out of a possible 2,405. The 28th annual event was May 30-June 1 at the Expo Gardens Fairgrounds in Peoria, Illinois, with 23 teams competing from across the United States and Canada.
The bottom third of the picture is wheat, the top third is blue sky. The middle third is five men in a row talking, with the one on the left in a blue hat and polo, leading the conversation.
University experts, small grain breeders to share research at Dakota Lakes Research Farm Field Day
Agronomy topics for crops of all kinds will be the focus of the 2025 South Dakota State University Dakota Lakes Research Farm Field Day. Oats, winter wheat, field peas, chickpeas and corn will all be discussed by university experts as part of the June 26 event from 3 p.m. until dark at 21310 308th Ave., Pierre.
A black horse is led with a halter in a show ring behind a grey fence inside of an arena. There are brown and green wood chips on the ground.
SDSU horse sale revived after more than 20 years
Last month, for the first time in more than 20 years, the South Dakota State University Horse Unit held a public sale of horses from its herd. The unit, located within the College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences on the university’s Brookings campus, has been recognized by the American Quarter Horse Association as a reputable breeder for 70 years and welcomes 10-13 foals each spring.
The SDSU Dairy Cattle Judging Team includes, from left: faculty coach Turner Swartz, Paige Hopf, Vanessa Gonzalez, Dillion Sparrgrove and Evelyn Scheffler.
Legend-dairy: SDSU students claim national judging awards
Students in the South Dakota State University Department of Dairy and Food Science brought home high honors in national collegiate dairy competitions this spring.
An overhead thermal image of crops showing different temperatures across the field. Columns can be seen in strips of red and purple outlined with yellow.
SDSU West River Research Farm to host its first-ever precision agriculture field day
New precision agriculture technology designed to help farmers improve their field scouting and livestock grazing will be demonstrated as part of the West River Research Farm Field Day next week. The event will run 3-7 p.m. MT on Wednesday, June 11, at 13370 Alkali Road, Sturgis.
Two men exchange green folders. The one on the left is in a grey suit and the one on the right is in a black suit. Flags representing Hungary, Debrecen and the University of Debrecen hang in the background.
SDSU signs cooperative agreement with University of Debrecen
Representatives from South Dakota State University and the University of Debrecen came together in Hungary last month to sign an academic cooperation agreement, making official a partnership that will connect the precision agriculture programs of both universities.
Members of SDSU’s entry in NASA’s Gateways to Blue Skies competition pose with the prototypes of the ag drone modules they built. The soil sampler, left, and the leaf extraction module are designed to fit on a 23-pound drone. Pictured, from left, are Nathan Kuehl, Laura Peterson, graduate assistant Allea Klauenberg, facuty adviser Todd Lecher, Nick Wolles and Keegan Visher.
SDSU claims NASA Blue Skies victory
Four mechanical engineering students from South Dakota State University found a way to make drones more useful for farmers and won a prestigious NASA contest in the process.  The first-place SDSU team was one of eight finalists in NASA’s Gateways to Blue Skies contest, which this year had a theme of AgAir: Aviation Solutions for Agriculture.
An agricultural drone built by doctoral student James Kemeshi operates in a soybean field.
Jackrabbit in the spotlight / Building a robot every farmer can afford
James Kemeshi, a doctoral student in the Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, has built a low-cost agricultural drone.
Six recent Jackrabbit grads, shown lined up from left to right, have been accepted into the SDSU Professional Program for Veterinary Medicine, where they will study for two years before transferring to the University of Minnesota’s College of Veterinary Medicine for the final two years of study.
SDSU grads celebrate acceptance into veterinary school
Seventeen 2025 bachelor’s degree graduates of South Dakota State University recently celebrated their acceptance into veterinary school, including six who will attend the SDSU Professional Program in Veterinary Medicine offered in conjunction with the University of Minnesota.
A group of seven people wearing cowboy hats and boots stand in front of a banner that has the words “Great Plains Region†across the top. The man on the left wears a black shirt. There are four men and two women wearing yellow vests.
SDSU Rodeo team sending six to nationals
After 10 collegiate competitions, hundreds of hours of practice and more than 5,000 miles traveled, six members of the South Dakota State University Rodeo team have qualified for the 2025 College National Finals Rodeo competition later this month in Casper, Wyoming.