Retired South Dakota State professor gifts millions for livestock technology research
Retired South Dakota State professor gifts millions for livestock technology research
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Publish Date: 2026-05-21 15:18:00
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A multimillion gift from help South Dakota’s land grant university engrain itself as a leader in the world’s most advanced farming technologies.
And South Dakota State University is doing with a new endowed faculty position focused on applying automation and data systems to livestock operations.
The Brookings-based university announced that a $2 million land gift from retired professor Richard “Dick” Nicolai and his wife, Jeune, will fund the Richard and Jeune Nicolai Endowed Professor in Precision Livestock Systems — a position university leaders say will help close a growing gap between crop and livestock technology education.
