Updates

From the partnership and the field.

Program notes from alliance work on Tribal farmland.

Center-pivot farmland on the Lake Sharpe meander near Lower Brule, South Dakota

June 3, 2026

Lower Brule expands regenerative mineral application past 4,000 acres

Mineral applications on Lower Brule Sioux Tribe farmland expanded to more than 4,000 acres — up from small test plots in 2025.

The Lower Brule agricultural team works with TC Alliance Foundation and Dr. Jim Schafer on the program.

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The Wind River Range, Wyoming

June 28, 2026

Wind River: 24 tons of mineral amendments to Clint Wagon

Clint Wagon, former Chairman of the Wind River Shoshone Tribe, received 24 tons of mineral amendments for work on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming.

He operates a 65-acre ranch and has designed equipment to spread the amendments.

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Elk on winter range in the Wind River country, Wyoming

June 28, 2026

Wind River OANR: 48 tons for reservation producers

The Office of Agriculture and Natural Resources received 48 tons of fossilized kelp meal from TC Alliance Foundation, for distribution to Northern Arapaho and Eastern Shoshone producers.

Utah Seabed’s documented material is Lake Bonneville lacustrine clay from the Sevier Desert — a different product from kelp meal.

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