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SOUTH DAKOTA STATE BRAND BOARD
NEWS RELEASE

                                                For Immediate Release: September 10, 2010                  Media Contact: Larry Stearns, 605-773-3324

The South Dakota Brand Book is Online

 PIERRE, S. D. - People now have the opportunity to search the SD Brand Book online. 

 According to Larry Stearns, director of the Brand Board, “this was a project we worked on for a long time.  We have had many requests for this service in the last few years and it is now available.”  The link to the brand book is on the SD Brand Board home page at www.sdbrandboard.com .

 A person will be able to look for a brand by entering the brand owner’s last name or complete name. A search can also be made using one or two characters of the brand, by using the choices available in drop down windows.  In addition to cattle and horse brands, buffalo and sheep brands may also be searched.  The brand information, which can change frequently as new brands are registered or brand transfers are made, will be updated monthly so the latest information will be available to the searcher.

 We want to thank ERC Computing, our software provider, and South Dakota BIT, who hosts the brand book on a state server, for all of the work that has been provided to make this a reality.

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SOUTH DAKOTA STATE BRAND BOARD

NEWS RELEASE 

    For Immediate Release: April 5, 2010
Media Contact: Larry Stearns, 605-773-3324

Brand Board Renewals

 The South Dakota Brand Board is reminding brand owners that the 2010 renewal period will end on May 1, 2010.  “We have had a great response to this point,” says Larry Stearns, Brand Board Director, “but, we want everyone to remember that after May 1^st the brand is cancelled and there is a $75 rerecording fee in addition to the $50 renewal fee to get your brand back.  This makes the cost $125 to rerecord after the deadline.”

 The SD Brand Board has listed on their website the names of those brand owners that have an incorrect address with no forwarding address or phone number.  If your name or the name of a relative or acquaintance is there, please contact the Brand Board office with a correct address to allow them to get their renewal notice. 

 Stearns added, “We understand the significance of a brand to a person or ranch and we want everyone to have the opportunity to renew their brand in a timely manner.”  The Brand Board Office phone number is 605-773-3324 or 1-877-574-0054. The website is: www.sdbrandboard.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, June 23, 2008
MEDIA CONTACT: Larry Stearns, Executive Director
605.773.3324

 SD Brand Board Announces Chief Brand Inspector 

(Pierre, SD)---The SD Brand Board selected Wray Shouldis as the new Chief Inspector to head the Brand Board Brand Inspection Program beginning July 1, 2008.  Shouldis, currently a full-time brand inspector, is from White River, South Dakota and has been inspecting livestock for 7 years.   

The Chief Inspector will administer the inspection program and will supervise the brand inspectors who work with the program.  In addition, the Chief will implement policy pertaining to brand inspection and will work to ensure that everyone in the industry has a good understanding of the brand inspection laws and administrative rules pertaining to livestock inspected in the South Dakota Ownership Inspection area.  The Board welcomes Wray Shouldis into the program.  

The Brand Board decided in a meeting in early June, after negotiations with the current contractor failed to result in a new agreement, that it would assume the brand inspection responsibilities on July 1.  The Board has received a good response from the current brand inspectors who have all been offered their current inspection position as Board employees.  The Board will advertise for new inspectors to fill in those areas where there may be a shortage of inspectors. 

The Board’s goal is to provide the livestock producer a seamless transition from the existing contractor administered program to a Brand Board administered one.  The inspection portion of the program will not experience any changes.  As the program develops there will be opportunities to make adjustments to provide an efficient, effective, consistent program for the livestock producers.  Housing the program in one office provides for efficiencies in communications that would not be attainable under the current structure.

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