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Categories:Rural Youth Elected to Serve During Farmers Union Leadership Camp
During South Dakota Farmers Union Leadership Camp, Allison Schulz, Lennox; Avril Fletcher, Highmore; Chase Blotsky, Hidden Timber; Coltyn Raymond, Ethan; were elected by campers to serve on the Junior Advisory Council (JAC) and campers ; Dani Kruger, De Smet; and Ethan Mutter, Sturgis, were selected through an interview to also serve as JACs. As JACs, […]
Read MoreFarmers Union Camp Provides Agriculture’s Next Generation Leadership & Professional Development
by Lura Roti The Black Hills saw teens from rural communities across South Dakota gather for South Dakota Farmers Union State Leadership Camp June 8-13. 2025 marks the third summer Riley Mutter attended, and the Sturgis Brown High School sophomore said it was the best camp yet. “I made a lot of new friends and […]
Read MoreAgriculture Students Learn About Policy & Careers during D.C. Leadership Summit
By Lura Roti South Dakota Farmers Union co-sponsored college students to participate in the National Farmers Union 2025 All-States Leadership Summit in Washington, D.C. “I feel it is important for the next generation of agriculture professionals like me, to know what goes on in D.C. and how to be a part of what happens,” explained […]
Read MoreFarmers Protecting Our Health
Doug Durante, Clean Fuels Development Coalition SDFU should take pride in the fact that the organization has taken a leadership role in calling for higher blends of ethanol. This has not just been an exercise in self interest to create greater demand and higher value for corn, but to truly protect public health from harmful […]
Read MoreRodeo is My Life – Reflections of an Athlete & Her Family
By Lura Roti for South Dakota Farmers Union As she prepares for her last high school rodeo season and her first Jackrabbit College Rodeo season, Brooklyn Beringer reflects on the role rodeo has played in her life. “Rodeo has not made me who I am, rodeo is part of who I am. Rodeo is me. […]
Read MoreClaims Now Open in $83.5 Million Settlement with JBS in Cattle Antitrust Case
WASHINGTON – On February 20, 2025, the Cattle Plaintiffs in the In re: Cattle and Beef Antitrust Litigation against JBS, Tyson, Cargill and National Beef received preliminary approval of an $83.5 million settlement with JBS. The class action lawsuit, filed in 2019 by National Farmers Union (NFU), R-CALF USA and four individual ranchers, alleges anticompetitive […]
Read MoreSouth Dakota Farmers & Ranchers in DC Asking Congress to End Chaos
A small group of South Dakota family farmers and ranchers are in Washington, D.C. this week asking Congressional leaders to end the Trade War, pass a Farm Bill and adhere to the Constitution. The advocacy effort is organized by South Dakota Farmers Union in collaboration with National Farmers Union. “Plain and simple, my messages are, […]
Read MoreAdd to Ethanol’s To-Do List
Doug Durante, Clean Fuels Development Coalition, Contributed April 14, 2025 For many of us, to stay on top of things we need to write them down as reminders in what I call a “To-Do” list. The ethanol industry has, or should have a “To-Do” list and it would undoubtedly include all the issues that dominate […]
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