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Tri-State Livestock News
Today U.S. Representatives Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.), Liz Cheney (R-WY), and Frank Lucas (R-OK), introduced the Livestock Risk Management and Education Act, a bill that would provide grants to certain state land-grant universities to better equip livestock producers with risk management training.
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.), Liz Cheney (R-WY), and Frank Lucas (R-OK), introduced the Livestock Risk Management and Education Act, a bill that would provide grants to certain state land-grant universities to better equip livestock producers with risk management training. Cattle Association's and educators had the following to say:
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Rep. Dusty Johnson is co-sponsoring a bill in the U.S. House to help agricultural students at public schools.
The bill would provide federal grants for risk management training, teaching students about volatility in the livestock market.
"Producers already face an uphill battle of unpredictable weather, understanding cattle prices doesn't need to be an added challenge," Johnson said in a release. "I'm proud to partner with my colleagues from cattle country to help best prepare our Ag economy and producers for the future."
Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan
Place a politician into a roomful of curious news reporters and there's a chance that mayhem will ensue, with questions being shouted and the elected office holder trying his or her best to come up with a politically correct answer.
It's a process that doesn't always work well, judging from recent television news coverage of political press conferences.
When you read "Nationally Recognized by the National Security Agency (NSA) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS)," do you think of South Dakota? Well, you should. In Madison, South Dakota, you'll find one of the nation's top-ranked cybersecurity programs within the walls of Dakota State University (DSU).
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) announced that his office is seeking internship applicants for Spring 2020 in his Washington, D.C., Rapid City, Aberdeen, and Sioux Falls offices.
Washington, D.C. – Today U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) introduced the Empower Parents in College Act (H.R. 4253), which would provide more flexibility for universities to partner with local child care providers to offer child care services to their student-parent population.
Sarah Mearhoff
PIERRE, S.D. — Looking to ease the burden of child care for parents in college, U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., is planning to introduce a bill to open federal college and university grant dollars to fund more accessible child care to student-parents.
According to Johnson's Friday, Aug. 30, newspaper column, 24% of American college students are parents. As a member of the U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor, Johnson said he has heard testimony from student-parents struggling to juggle their studies, jobs and child care.
Anson Mareus
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Kelo.com) -- Representative Dusty Johnson is looking to make the transition for single parents going into higher ed a little easier. In the month of September Johnson will introduce the Empower Parents in College Act.
The Empower Parents in College Act he says would allow colleges and technical institutes that serve low-income students to apply for existing grant funds from the Strengthening Institutions Program.
Most of South Dakota's students are back in the swing of the school year. Whether your child is beginning kindergarten or just moved into their first dorm room to begin freshman year at college, education - from pre-K to secondary - is central to the American way and our progress as a nation.