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soft snack cheeses.
• South Dakota Dairy Producers president Marv Post says that plant alone could use some 30,000 dairy cows when at full capacity.
• Post says Lake Norden Cheese Company and would also like to expand.
• The World Ag Expo runs Tuesday through Thursday.
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• VERMILLION, S.D. (AP) -- Frank Gaines scored 22 points, grabbed five rebounds and IPFW outscored the Coyotes 36-17 in the first half to put this game away early, defeating South Dakota 64-51 on Saturday night.
• Eric Robertson hit a 3-pointer for South Dakota to cut the Mastodons' lead to four, 17-13, but IPFW responded with a 19-4 run to end the first half. IPFW (12-16, 5-9 Summit) led by as many as 21 points in the second half, scored 30 points in the paint and shot 44.3 percent from the field.
• Joe Edwards was the only other player in double figures for IPFW, scoring 11 points on 5-of-10 shooting.
• Trevor Gruis had 12 points, Casey Kasperbauer had 11 and Juevol Myles chipped in with 10 for South Dakota (8-18, 4-10), which never led in the contest.
• The Coyotes shot a dismal 38 percent from the field, making just 19 of 50 attempts and were only 5 of 17 from 3-point range.
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• MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture will open a four-week general signup for the Conservation Reserve Program on May 20.
• Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack made the announcement Saturday at the National Pheasant Fest and Quail Classic in Minneapolis. He says the CRP was vital in later summer's drought. He says it protected sensitive land from erosion, while emergency haying and grazing on CRP lands provided critical livestock feed and forage.
• Around 27 million acres are enrolled in the CRP, a voluntary program that pays farmers to keep environmentally sensitive land out of production, typically for 10 to 15 years. The goals are to improve water quality, control erosion and enhance wildlife habitat. Contracts on about 3.3 million acres expire Sept. 30.
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