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South Dakota Rep. Julie Auch, R-Lesterville, speaks in the House of Representatives in February 2025 at the Capitol in Pierre. South Dakota Searchlight photo by John Hult.

Lab-grown meat could still be a long way from widespread availability when SD’s new ban expires

By Meghan O'Brien, South Dakota Searchlight 05/08/2026

South Dakota’s new five-year ban on cell-cultured protein targets a product whose path to mass market availability is operating on…

South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden speaks to students during the 2025 South Dakota Boys State governor's banquet Thursday, June 5 at the Barnett Center.

Rhoden vetoes bill that sought ban of lab-grown meat; says he’d support moratorium

By Meghan O'Brien, South Dakota Searchlight 02/10/2026

PIERRE — Gov. Larry Rhoden vetoed a bill Monday, Feb. 9 that would have effectively banned lab-grown meat in South…

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South Dakota Legislature moving toward lab-grown meat ban

By Todd Epp, Northern Plains News 01/28/2026

South Dakota lawmakers are gunning to ban lab-grown meat. A panel of state House legislators has advanced legislation that would…

Proposed 10-year ban of laboratory ‘meat’ defeated in the Senate

By Jonathan Ellis of The Dakota Scout 02/22/2025

PIERRE – The meat might be fake, but the debate was real. The South Dakota Senate deadlocked on a bill……