Alumni

The Agriculture Committee of the Rapid City Chamber of Commerce and SDSU Extension hosted the first-ever “Ag on the Square” event on September 21st.  The …

Gary Cammack (SDARL I) was recognized as an Eminent Leader in Agriculture, Family, and Community during a banquet at South Dakota State University on September …

Long-time SDARL supporter First Dakota National Bank Agricultural Banking Team has been named the 2019 South Dakota State University “Friend of the Beef Industry.” The …

The South Dakota Agricultural and Rural Leadership Foundation “Graduate Experience” program recently conducted a two-week cultural and agricultural study tour of Scotland and Ireland. The …

In Ireland, two-thirds of the malting barley crop goes into making Guinness beer. Here are a few of the graphics we saw when touring the …

Several alumni group members found connections to family roots in Ireland and Scotland on the trip. Brad and Kathie Sanderson rented a car and drove …

Hurling is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic and Irish origin. SDARL Alumni went to the Saturday afternoon game featuring Limerick versus Kilkenny, where 55,001 …

A few days earlier, our group visited the headquarters of Alltech. The founder of that company also set up a distillery in an abandoned church …

Michael and Patrician Crinion were instrumental in making this a wonderful trip. Our group presented them with a gift at our dinner Friday night. Having …

We stopped at the Barak Obama travel plaza to learn a bit about the connections to our presidents. I hope you can read a bit …

Terry Jaspers checks out the peat that has been stacked to dry. The landscape of the Burren has been shaped by geological forces for hundreds …