Whether they’re from other states or countries or whether they’ve lived here all their lives, producers agree on some inherent advantages for animal agriculture in South Dakota. In a nutshell, the advantages are a climate that is suitable for dairy producers and manageable for those in other livestock industries; abundant, affordable feedstuffs, including distillers grains produced as a co-product from ethanol plants; and a growing number of state or regional processing plants for dairy and livestock industries that are reducing the distance farmers must take their products for processing.