State Of South Dakota

The State of South Dakota, operating through its SD Animal Industry Board division, is a state government entity that serves as a federal grant recipient for livestock disease surveillance, animal health traceability, meat and poultry inspection, and emergency disease response programs administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The SD Animal Industry Board operates 100% as a prime recipient under cooperative agreements with no subcontracting footprint; it is a division of The South Dakota Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, headquartered in Pierre, South Dakota.

The SD Animal Industry Board's federal grant portfolio centers on four capability areas. Meat and poultry inspection programs receive the largest allocation: cooperative agreements with the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (CFDA 10.475 and 10.477) fund South Dakota's operation of state-administered inspection services for intrastate meat and poultry processors, ensuring compliance with federal safety and labeling standards. Recent awards in this category include a $1.806 million cooperative agreement (October 2025–September 2026) under CFDA 10.475 and a $300,000 award (October 2025–September 2026) under CFDA 10.477. Animal disease surveillance, traceability, and response programs receive cooperative agreements from the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) under CFDA 10.025 and related authorities. These agreements fund animal identification and traceability coordination, avian influenza outbreak response, chronic wasting disease (CWD) management in cervid herds, swine health surveillance, and technical outreach to livestock producers and accredited veterinarians. A representative example is a $103,924 award (April 2025–March 2026) for technical outreach and educational activities covering avian influenza, cattle health, one health, sheep and goat health, and swine health. Emergency response cooperative agreements activate when disease outbreaks require rapid mobilization of state personnel and resources; examples include a December 2024 award for highly pathogenic avian influenza response costs and a March 2022 award for 2022 HPAI outbreak response that ran through September 2024.

Customer concentration is absolute: the Department of Agriculture accounts for 100% of awards across three USDA agencies—APHIS (67 awards), Food Safety and Inspection Service (11 awards), and Agricultural Marketing Service (1 award)—with a combined $20.6 million obligated across 79 total awards since 2007. Activity has remained flat over the past five years, averaging 5–6 awards per year, with one award recorded in 2026 year-to-date. Four awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating minimal recompete exposure compared to the vendor's active baseline.