State trade fact sheets - South Dakota

Increasing Farming Efficiency with Deveron

Deveron, an agricultural technology company, helps North American farmers make data-enabled decisions to increase yield and improve their soil health. Deveron employs regionally and rurally-based technicians to collect precision agriculture data — ranging from soil, tissue samples, drone imagery, weather stations, and farm-level internet-enabled devices — from farms and fields across the U.S. South, Midwest, and Midlands, including in South Dakota. Expert agronomists and data scientists at Deveron’s office in Ontario leverage this data to recommend ways for farmers to manage fertilizer, seed, fungicide and other farm inputs. With thousands of fields worth of data, Deveron’s analysis helps farmers increase crop yields and reduce input costs.

Feeding Fish in Novel Ways

Prairie AquaTech has invested nearly $100 million in product development, testing, and construction of a 30,000-ton per year protein ingredient production facility in Brookings, South Dakota. The company produces high-quality, digestible plant-based protein ingredients from oilseed crops of both U.S. and Canadian origin. These products help extend the use of traditional marine-derived protein ingredients, such as fishmeal, which are in increasingly short supply, and they help reduce phosphorus discharge, which will improve the quality of shared North American waters. Prairie AquaTech’s research and development bring significant benefits to both crop and aquaculture farmers in Canada and across North America.

Our Common Goals

The Canada–U.S. relationship is deeply rooted in our shared values, history and vision for the future. At the top of our priority list is ending the COVID-19 pandemic at home and abroad by strengthening efforts to control the pandemic, collaborating on public health responses, and building resilience against future outbreaks. We are working closely together to defeat the virus by responding to new variants, following expert advice, and supporting global access to COVID-19 vaccines.

Along with combating COVID-19, we are committed to building back better, accelerating climate ambitions, advancing diversity and inclusion, bolstering security and defense, and building global alliances. Canada and the U.S. will continue to work together on these shared goals in the years to come.