Study says SD agriculture has $21 billion impact
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- An associate professor at South Dakota State University says agriculture and related industries had a $21.4 billion impact on South Dakota's economy in 2010.
• Gary Taylor, an associate professor of economics, says the impact includes more than $8.3 billion in direct agricultural production, $3.4 billion in inputs supplied by businesses and nearly $1.7 billion from increased household spending.
• Agricultural processing and manufacturing added more than $8 billion in economic activity.
• Taylor says agriculture's total $21.4 billion economic impact makes agriculture the largest single sector in South Dakota's economy. He says agriculture makes up about 19.8 percent of the state economy's total output.
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Programs seeks to train musicians on Pine Ridge
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- A unique program on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation aims to give Oglala Sioux youth an outlet through music.
• Independence Through Music matches young musicians on the Pine Ridge reservation with experienced, well-established Native singers and songwriters to learn the ropes of the music business. That includes everything from how to properly hold a microphone to planning a tour and creating a marketing plan.
• Davidica Little Spotted Horse started the program two years ago. Little Spotted Horse is a professional musician who lives on Pine Ridge.
• She says the program is meant to teach the youth how to become passionate about something.
• Participants are selected through an audition process, and workshops are held over a two-month period with performances planned on the reservation and a chance to record a CD.
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Young Farmers and Ranchers holding conference
• OACOMA, S.D. (AP) -- Young Farmers and Ranchers is holding its winter conference in Oacoma.
• The event running Thursday through Sunday at Cedar Shores Resort is geared (Continued on page 23)
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