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Latest SDSPA Videos & Resources

Video: Composting Chicken Manure: Turning Poop into Gold

Description: Join SDSPA and Wyatt Johnson, S.D. Soil Health Coalition’s Soil Health Technician, who specializes in Small Scale Agriculture and Urban Agriculture soil health practices. In this video Wyatt discusses how to compost chicken manure and about composting in general. This is the last in a three-part

Video: Chickens: Advanced Brooding

Video: Sam Noble with Heifer Ranch for Heifer USA discusses the finer details of brooding to perfect the environment when chicks/poults/ducklings are first placed and how to transition them into pasture poultry. Published: May 8, 2025 This is part two in a series on Chicken Production. This

Video: Facility Construction and Food Safety for Meat Processing

Presenter: Richard Greenman, FWO Meats Description: Richard Greenman owner of FWO meats shared with the SDSPA Mentorship Group about USDA processing facility and food safety details for chicken, beef, buffalo, lamb, pork and elk. Greenman discusses important elements to consider and some of the processes involved. Recorded:

Video: On Farm Business Management and Best Practices for Poultry Production

Presenter: Richard Greenman, FWO Meats Description: Richard Greenman owner of FWO meats shared with the SDSPA Mentorship Group about on farm business management and best practices for poultry, from getting started, to profitability and marketing your product. Greenman produces pastured raised poultry in Box Elder, SD. Recorded:

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Upcoming Events

SDSPA Organic Operators Meeting- Nov. 2025

*** This event is reschedule for Nov. 12th. The next SDSPA Organic Operators meeting is Oct. 8th at 3 pm CT via Zoom. Glen Pulse of PrairieSun Organics, will share more about processing the farm’s pasture-raised chickens. Learn about their ‘Plant in a Box,’ a semi-mobile poultry

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SDSPA Upcoming Events

South Dakota Specialty Producers Association coordinates educational events through on-farm tours, conferences, workshops and online webinars with topics directed by member input. Visit our events calendar for a full listing of events on topics such as business development, specialty crop production, urban agriculture, organic and regenerative organic,

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