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percent fair, 11 percent good and 0 percent excellent.
• Eighty-four percent of cattle were reported as moved to pasture compared to 63 percent the week before.
• Pasture and range conditions rated 2 percent very poor, 13 percent poor, 37 percent fair, 42 percent good and 6 percent excellent.
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• CHET BROKAW,Associated Press
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota lawmakers said Monday they need better statistics to determine how well the state is training and recruiting workers for key industries.
• Legislative Planning Committee members said they have no central source of information about workforce development. Once lawmakers know what state agencies, schools and other organizations are doing to provide workers needed for critical jobs, the Legislature can do a better job of setting labor development policies, the committee said.
• Established to conduct long-term planning on key issues, the committee is putting together a document on workforce development. Committee members said a set of measurements would be comparable to dashboard instrument readings to help the Legislature steer the best course for developing talent.
• "We've got to get that down to where we've got gauges in front of us," said Rep. Scott Munsterman, R-Brookings, the committee's chair.
• The Governor's Office of Economic Development has targeted its development efforts in the firearms and outdoors industry, advanced manufacturing, bioscience, financial services and energy.
• The committee will seek suggestions how schools' and agencies' performances should be judged in terms of recruiting and training workers, and will then set benchmarks.
• Munsterman said key statistics might include schools' post-graduation placement rates and availability of workers. For example, if universities are having trouble providing needed workers because tuition is too high, the Legislature might give the schools more money so they can hold down tuition and attract more students, he said.
• Kim Olson, an adviser to Gov. Dennis Daugaard, said the state is operating 20 workforce development programs created last year as part of a package proposed by the governor. Those programs focus on helping schools educate students for key

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