Farmers & Ranchers will Discuss E30 & Rural Healthcare During 2017 S.D. Farmers Union Convention

Today, Knudson serves as a Principal Research Scientist and is the Co-Director of the Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis at NORC. She also is the Deputy Director for the Rural Health Reform Policy Research Center, one of seven rural health research centers funded by the federal Office of Rural Health Policy.

 “Studying health insurance among farmers is not new but it has picked up in the last 10 years,” says Knudson, who grew up on farm in rural North Dakota and conducted her first healthcare study of farmers in North Dakota in 2008.

 Marc Rausch, Co-Founder and Executive Vice President of The Auto Channel, and Dale Christensen, Glacial Lakes Inc. board member, will engage members in a panel to discuss the benefits, future and impact of E30 on farm country.

 SDFU Insurance Agent and Salem farmer Craig Blindert will discuss a new way to manage grain and soil enhancement.

 South Dakota Secretary of Agriculture Mike Jaspers is also invited to speak.

Along with policy, members will also vote for President and Vice President board positions. Doug Sombke, current President, and Wayne Soren, current Vice President, are both running unopposed for re-election.

View the 2017 agenda and register for convention here