PIERRE — The South Dakota legislature is taking a second swing at trying to improve a western South Dakota research station damaged by a severe wind storm. Senate Bill 84 would appropriate six million dollars to the Board of Regents to design, renovate and build a multi-purpose facility at the Cottonwood Field Station. Director of West River Research and Extension with South Dakota State University Dr. Kristie Cammack oversees the station and says S-B 84 would help build on recent, smaller improvements…
A similar bill failed to gain approval during last year’s legislative session. Senate Ag and Natural Resources Committee member Gary Cammack of Union Center says the research done at Cottonwood is critical for the future of the beef industry…
On a vote of five to zero, the bill was approved to be referred to the Joint Committee on Appropriations with a favorable recommendation.
