Saline Review

It’s been a while since I have specifically written about our most visually apparent marginal ground. I looked and I haven’t written about it since before we added new readers. I’ve made off the cuff comments but haven’t had a dedicated article on it.

Foothills News: “Cuppy’s Corner”

I wrote my news Monday morning. Editor Kristi Hine came to get it. Her mother Delia Atkinson and sisters Jean Ferguson and Cathy Perry were going on a trip together to Hamilton, Montana. I enjoyed the hamburger dinner and peach sauce from the Manor kitchen.

Grassland CRP Enrollment Is Open

If you don’t know and I know there are still many that don’t, Grassland CRP is for pasture, hay land, most anything that is grass and isn’t eligible for crop land CRP. You graze it every year, you hay it every year, or leave it idle.

LETTERBOX: Never An Answer…Only Excuses

Never An Answer… Only ExcusesA Letter To The Editor: Now that the city is moving forward on switching to rural water, there is nothing more critical on the city’s agenda than to maintain the safety and quality of our current system until that process is completed.

LETTERBOX: How Long?

I am writting about an article in the True Dakotan dated June 18, 2025. The Fiscal Affairs of Wessington Springs audit for year 2023 audited by Schoenfish & Co. out of Parkston SD. Response was Lack of Proper Segregation of Duties for Revenues. This comment has been printed since 2005.

Foothills News: “Cuppy’s Corner”

I wrote my news Monday morning. Delia Atkinson came to get it later in the forenoon. I enjoyed a beef noodle hot dish and peach sauce from the Manor kitchen. There was no Minnesota Twins game – All Star break.

Quirks of the Job

Whether it’s a landowner, producer, someone from the general public, or heck sometimes even someone from a government agency, I spend a lot of time explaining what a Pheasants Forever Biologist is, before we get into specific conversation for that person.

Avera Weskota Memorial Hospital Monthly Column: Answering Patient Questions About the Measles

As multiple outbreaks of the measles have popped up across the United States, so too have the number of internet searches about the measles virus. When it comes to your health and the health of your loved ones, it’s important to separate fact from fiction.

Foothills News: “Cuppy’s Corner”

I wrote my news Monday morning. Delia Atkinson came to get it later in the forenoon. I enjoyed the scalloped potatoes with ham, peas and pudding for dessert. There was no Minnesota Twins game. I went for a walk in the evening.

How is Crop Rotation Good for Habitat?

I have often written on how nesting and brood rearing habitat is exponentially more important than food plots or any traditional crops. That is, if you are in the position to choose between farming something or planting it back to native cover.