Created in 1887 through the Hatch Act as part of South Dakota's land-grant institution, SDAES has a mission to conduct research to enhance quality of life in South Dakota through the beneficial use and development of human, economic, and natural resources.

With an enduring mission of practical research that's responsive to changing needs, SDAES's current research priorities are based on six themes relevant to the state:

• biostress
• agricultural production
• natural resources and their conservation
• people
• biotechnology
• bio-based energy and industry

Research programs in SDAES directly support the teaching programs offered in the College of Agriculture & Biological Sciences and FCS and the educational programs delivered by the South Dakota Cooperative Extension Service.

Dakotalife: South Dakota Ag Experiment Stations (windows media) produced by South Dakota Public Television

Methane Digester Update (wmv)

Annual Report
Agricultural Experiment Station 119th Annual Report (2007) html

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