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Categories:The Rural Lobbyist: Legislators’ misplaced fears kill COOL legislation.
February 24, 2017 – By #South Dakota Farmer Union Country of Origin Labeling in South Dakota suffered a setback on Tuesday as members of the Senate voted to kill Senate Bill 135. SB 135 would have required retailers to label all beef by it’s country/countries of origin. During the debate on the floor, proponents of […]
Read MoreCALL TO ACTION: All Hands On Deck! COOL Bill (SB 135) moves to the Senate Floor!
February 17, 2017 – By #South Dakota Farmer Union SENATE BILL 135 (COOL) IS HEADING TO THE FLOOR! DEBATE IS SET TO BEGIN TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21st. FOR INFORMATION ON THE BILL CHECK OUT LAST WEEK’S POST HERE. OR THIS WEEK’S POST HERE. WE NEED YOUR HELP REACHING OUR SENATORS TO BUILD SUPPORT TO BRING COOL […]
Read MoreThe Rural Lobbyist: Actual Use vs. Highest and Best, the Debate Continues.
February 17, 2017 – By #South Dakota Farmer Union Taxation is always a topic of discussion during the legislative session and this session was no different. A debate has been taking place within the agricultural community about the best way to tax property. That discussion was at the forefront with Senate Bill 142. SB 142 was one of […]
Read MoreThe Rural Lobbyist: ADRDL Funding Debate Continues in Appropriations with SB 172.
February 17, 2017 – By #South Dakota Farmer Union It seems that every week there are new updates on the proposed Animal Research and Diagnostic Lab. Last week I talked about Senate Bill 162, a proposal that would have funded the lab by drawing 60% of funds from the Revolving Economic Development Initiative (REDI). The other 40% would […]
Read MoreThe Rural Lobbyist: SDFU Members Show Up and Make an Impact As COOL Passes Out of Committee.
February 17, 2017 – By #South Dakota Farmer Union Country of Origin Labeling passed the first of four hurdles Wednesday when Senate Bill 135 passed out of the Senate State Affairs committee by a vote of 5-3. As you recall, the bill was the centerpiece of a call to action sent out by SDFU last week; you can […]
Read MoreS.D. Farmers Union President Elected Chairman of Farmers Union Enterprises
Doug Sombke, President of South Dakota Farmers Union was recently Elected Chairman of Farmers Union Enterprises board of directors. “I am eager to continue to guide this organization whose goal is to do everything we can to help family farmers and ranchers,” said Sombke, of the organization which oversees Farmers Union Industries. Farmers Union Industries […]
Read MoreOrient and Seneca Youth Say Involvement in Farmers Union Prepared them for Colleg
Jesse Carlson, Seneca, and Reece Schultz, Orient, were selected to serve on the 2016-2017 Senior Advisory Council during the 2016 S.D. Farmers Union State Convention, held in Pierre December 2016. In this role, Carlson, a freshman studying Economics at South Dakota State University, and Schultz, a freshman studying Production Innovation at Dakota State University, will […]
Read MoreThe Rural Lobbyist: Initiative Process at heart of discussion in House State Affairs.
February 10, 2017 – By #South Dakota Farmer Union Initiated measures were once again a topic of discussion as the House State Affairs committee heard three bills that would affect the initiated process; Senate Bill 59, House Bill 1130, and House Bill 1074. Senate Bill 59 is a bill to delay the effective date for initiated measures and referred laws. […]
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