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Farmers Union Feeds Farmers During 2017 Harvest

Posted on: November 20, 2017   |   Category: News Releases

“Getting a lunch from Farmers Union makes me feel appreciated for the work I’m doing,” Voss explains. “My lunches during harvest are normally cold sandwiches eaten on the go. It was nice to have a different lunch for a change.”  Making sure producers feel appreciated and get a complimentary lunch during harvest is the goal […]

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How ending Obamacare’s individual mandate will hurt rural America

Posted on: November 18, 2017   |   Category: News Releases

How ending Obamacare’s individual mandate will hurt rural America Senate tax reform plans have extended to include the repeal of the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance mandate. In short, the mandate works as a requirement for most people to have health insurance. Without the mandate individuals will drop their coverage, leaving market stability and policy […]

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S.D. Farmers Union Celebrates the Beer Ranch Family

Posted on: November 14, 2017   |   Category: Celebrate Family Farms

By Lura Roti, for S.D. Farmers Union Pulling back a thick layer of crop residue with his bare hands, Mike Beer digs into the earth and holds up a black clump of soil alive with earthworms. “This is heavy clay and when I first started farming, it was hard as a rock. Now, look at […]

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New Legislation: What you need to know about the Young and Beginning Farmers Act

Posted on: November 11, 2017   |   Category: News Releases

What is it?A bipartisan bill introduced by Representatives Sean Patrick Maloney, NY-18 and Ryan Costello, PA-6, onNov. 4.Why is it relevant?Now more than ever, young farmers and ranchers are struggling to get their foot in the door of agriculture. The average age of farmers in the U.S. is 60 years old and steadily increasing. This […]

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Three Ways Jr. REAL Creates Community Leaders

Posted on: November 3, 2017   |   Category: News Releases

Junior Rural Economics and Leadership (Jr. REAL) is an innovative leadership development program that invests in high school juniors and seniors and presents a comprehensive one-day seminar to students from various high schools in different locations across South Dakota. Student participants engage in hands-on exercises focused on leadership development, credit issues and identity theft, life […]

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SDFU Honors Cancer Awareness Month with H.O.P.E.S. Bags

Posted on: October 27, 2017   |   Category: News Releases

The motivation behind the launch of H.O.P.E.S. (Helping Our People Encourage Survivors) was more than just a way to recognize October’s Cancer Awareness Month. For SDFU and its staff, it was a way to reach out to members and show them that that they are not alone during their fight.”In the course of a week […]

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S.D. Farmers Union is Deeply Disappointed by USDA Decision to Terminate Farmer Fair Practices Rules

Posted on: October 18, 2017   |   Category: News Releases

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced it would be terminating the Farmer Fair Practices Rule on Competitive Injury, a rule that would have provided the most basic of protections to American family farmers and ranchers as they endure increasingly concentrated markets and unfair treatment from multinational meatpackers.  South Dakota Farmers Union (SDFU) President […]

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Healthcare is a Real Rural Issue

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The Kenzys struggle to find affordable healthcare is not unique.  According to a recent survey of 1,000 farm families from seven states (South Dakota was not included in the study), 40 percent say health insurance is a barrier because of out-of-pocket expenses. One in five farmers surveyed said they were carrying medical debt or incurred […]

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