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SD holds symposium for beginning farmers, ranchers
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- The state Agriculture Department and South Dakota State University are holding a symposium on challenges faced by beginning farmers and ranchers.
• State Agriculture Secretary Walt Bones says the average age of a South Dakota farmer is 57. He says that's due to the continually rising costs of land, equipment and other inputs that make it difficult for young people to get started in farming and ranching.
• The symposium will be held Nov. 27 from noon to 5 p.m. at the student union on the SDSU campus in Brookings.
• University of Nebraska agribusiness professor Ron Hanson will give a two-part keynote address. Hanson is working on issues involving the transfer of farms and ranches to the next generation.
• Bones says college students and young farmers and ranchers should attend.
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South Dakota rivalry resumes after 9-year hiatus
DIRK LAMMERS,Associated Press
• BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) -- The 123-year-old hunt for South Dakota football dominance returns after a nine-year hiatus Saturday when the Coyotes from "The U" head up to Brookings to pursue the Jackrabbits from "State."
• "I think it really brings it to fever pitch when State and the U get together," said South Dakota head coach Joe Glenn, a Coyote quarterback and wide receiver in the late '60s and early '70s. "It doesn't get any better as far as competition and spirit. It's really a sensational thing that we're getting back together and doing this."
• After the last meeting between South Dakota State and the Coyotes in 2003, the Jackrabbits moved up to Division I. USD has since followed suit and joined the Jackrabbits in the Missouri Valley Football Conference this season.
• The schools played to a 6-6 tie during their first matchup in 1889, which in that day would have involved each team scoring a four-point touchdown and a two-point conversion.
• "You're just a small part of the big picture," SDSU head football coach John Stiegelmeir said. "It brings out unique things, unique memories, unique efforts, talks (Continued on page 19)
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