Products Made in South Dakota

South Dakota's vast native grasslands provide the habitat conditions that American bison thrive in, and the state has become a center of bison ranching in North America. Dakota Pure Bison, founded by two South Dakota ranch families, raises bison on the plains where the species roamed in vast numbers before the 19th-century near-extinction, continuing the ecological restoration of a native North American animal. The bison ranching tradition reflects South Dakota's agricultural identity and its role in the revival of a culturally and historically significant species. South Dakota's manufacturing sector spans food processing, agricultural equipment, and specialty food production, with ranch-based food businesses like Dakota Pure Bison representing the state's connection between its land and its products.