Janelle Atyeo

For a second year, Farmfest visitors can show off their skills behind the controls during a skid steer rodeo, set for Aug. 4 and 5 at 1:30 p.m., and Aug. 6 at 11 a.m.

Farmfest visitors can take a break from browsing the booths and step into the past at the Gilfillan Estate, just outside Farmfest gates.

This year at Farmfest, adults can get in on the pedal pull fun, testing their strength and enjoying a bit of friendly competition and maybe some bragging rights.

July's heat wave brought prime conditions for small grain harvest across much of South Dakota.

Brooke Rollins made her first trip to Minnesota as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture when she spoke at Farmfest Tuesday morning, Aug. 4, but she's no stranger to Minnesota farm country.

Along with America's milestone birthday this summer, lovers of Targhee sheep celebrated some big anniversaries for this all American breed.

From a blueprint of a hulking machine straight out of the Industrial Revolution to a tabletop display, Edgar Husman's hobby has him recreating machines in miniature.

Plagued by years of drought that's decimated pastures and hay supplies, America's cow herd is at its smallest in 7 years.

Britni Ross waves from the stage upon being named Dakotafest Woman Farmer of the Year Thursday. She helps run two ranches near Philip, S.D., using her background in financial management.

Pulling back the husks of maturing corn in his dryland field, Milligan, Neb., farmer Jordan Uldrich was pleased with how the last four years of focusing on soil biology was finally starting to pay off.