SCOUTING REPORT | SDSU's plant lab, new S.D. wheat, Japanese bear attacks, Canton Lutheran window grant
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South Dakota State University brings news about plants — an appropriate subject for the state’s land-grant university — and a revelation about the role of foliage in international safety.
First, SDSU’s Plant Diagnostic Clinic earned accreditation as a Core Accredited Lab from the National Plant Diagnostics Network, making SDSU one of only four accredited land-grant universities in the country.
The National Plant Diagnostic Network is a consortium of labs established in 2002 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Office of Homeland Security to enhance agriculture biosecurity. The core program was established to strengthen readiness and ensure timely and accurate diagnostics.
Orange vests, green gains: Out-of-state hunters fuel tourism spending in rural South Dakota
When orange vests and blaze caps reappear across local fields and prairie each October, it marks not just the start of pheasant season but the return of hunters from across the country. From Tennessee and Minnesota to Kentucky and Alabama, thousands of out-of-state visitors descend on small towns and lodges in South Dakota, drawn by its long-standing reputation as the pheasant capital of the world.
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