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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.

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.

Levi Minion, a construction and concrete industry management student from Wheaton, Minnesota, tested a new type of cement for its compatibility with various chemical admixtures as his Future Innovator of America project.

Rural America is facing a nursing shortage. Theresa Garren-Grubbs, clinical assistant professor in South Dakota State University's College of Nursing, is addressing the problem head-on through research and education.

Two student engineering teams at SDSU spent their senior year on capstone design projects at Sanford Underground Research Facility. One team built a new mine rail cart for hauling liquid nitrogen underground. The other built a drone for inspecting hard to reach vertical shafts at the former gold mine at Lead. Both teams gained valuable experience they will take into their future careers.

The South Dakota State University Robotics Club came home with best design honors after competing at the Vex Robotics World Championship in Dallas May 9-11.  VEX competitions make up the largest and fastest growing robotics engineering platform in the world with divisions for elementary and middle schools, middle and high schools and VEX U for colleges and universities. This year’s Vex U game involved placing rings onto various stakes — some stationary and others mounted on mobile goals that could be moved to corner zones to either double the team’s points or result in negative scoring,  In addition to winning the design award, the South Dakota State University entry placed 13th out of 54 teams in the math division, one of two divisions in the Vex U competition.

South Dakota State University faculty members are fighting back against the state's most challenging invasive species.

How South Dakota State University's Animal Disease Research and Diagnostic Laboratory plays a critical role in keeping South Dakota's food supply safe.

Akram Jawdhari, assistant professor in South Dakota State University's Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering, was named a 2024 Daniel P. Jenny Fellow from the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute.

Weed management, virtual fencing and variety trials are just some of the topics that will be covered during the 2025 slate of Research Station Field Days presented by the South Dakota State University College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences. Events will be happening at locations across the state from June to mid-September, with each one focusing on local topics of interest.