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Categories:From Toy Tractors to the Real Deal: S.D. Secretary of Agriculture Shares His Farm Story & Thoughts on Current Crisis
By Lura Roti for South Dakota Farmers Union Like many young farm boys, long before Mike Jaspers was harvesting a crop in the field, he was on his hands and knees, harvesting off the floors in his parents’ home. “If dad was out harvesting, I was in the basement with my toy combine harvesting,” recalls […]
Read MoreSchaefers Siblings Say Growing Up on the Farm Prepared Them to Serve
October 25, 2016 – By #South Dakota Farmer Union Schaefers siblings – farm kids and soldiers: Sam, Paivi, Josie and Paul. Their youngest brother, Jacob, is pictured right. By Lura Roti, for S.D. Farmers Union Growing up actively involved in their family’s fourth-generation South Dakota farm prepared Josie Ries and four of her siblings well for military service. […]
Read MoreSouth Dakota Farmers Union Celebrates the Schaefers Farm Family
October 25, 2016 – By #South Dakota Farmer Union By Lura Roti, for South Dakota Farmers Union When Cheryl and Fred Schaefers tied the knot 40 years ago, the two farm kids shared a strong passion for farming. And, along with crops and livestock, the couple wanted to raise a large family. “We originally wanted 12 kids. Fred […]
Read MoreFarmers Union Feeds Farmers During Harvest
October 4, 2016 – By #South Dakota Farmer Union During harvest, mornings come early for South Dakota farmers like Greg Mehling. By 7 a.m. the Wessington farmer and his son, Cole are greasing combines or they are behind the wheel en route to the local elevator to unload trucks. By mid-morning they are in the field combining soybeans. […]
Read MoreSouth Dakota Farmers Union Celebrates the Greenway Farm Family
September 27, 2016 – By #South Dakota Farmer Union South Dakota Farmers Union has served South Dakota farm and ranch families for more than a century. Throughout the year, we share their stories in order to highlight the families who make up our state’s number one industry and help feed the world. This month, we’re highlighting the Greenway […]
Read MoreThe Fall Fly-In: Grassroots at it’s Best
September 20, 2016 – By #South Dakota Farmer Union Every year South Dakota Farmers Union takes a group of members to Washington D.C., into the heart of political action in the U.S. There on Capitol Hill, members join forces with fellow Farmers Union members from across the country in an effort to advocate on behalf of family farmers […]
Read MoreSouth Dakota Family Farmers and Ranchers Join 275 Farmers Union Members in D.C. for Fall Legislative Fly-In
Twenty-six family farmers, ranchers and Farmers Union members from South Dakota joined with some 275 farmers and ranchers from across the nation in Washington D.C. for the National Farmers Union (NFU) Fall Legislative Fly-In Sept. 12-14, 2016. “We are facing some challenging times on farms and ranches across South Dakota right now. This Fly-In provides […]
Read MorePanelists Discuss Amendment T during Voice of the Voters Event at the State Fair
September 6, 2016 – By #South Dakota Farmer Union On Election Day 2016 South Dakota voters will have an opportunity to vote for fair elections by voting ‘yes’ for Amendment T. Amendment T is a ballot measure sponsored by #SDRightThing2Do Coalition which South Dakota Farmers Union supports. Amendment T puts voters back in charge of their elections, explains […]
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