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Categories:Two PE Teachers Working Together to Keep the Family Farm
February 2, 2017 – By #South Dakota Farmer Union Feb. 2, 2017Two PE Teachers Working Together to Keep the Family Farm: The Story of the GooseMobile Sixty-four years ago Ruth (Iburg) and Tom Neuberger embarked on their life’s adventure together beginning with a road-trip from South Dakota to Ft. Benning, Georgia, where Tom’s orders were awaiting them. Along […]
Read MoreSouth Dakota Farmers Union Celebrates the Kenzy Ranch Family
January 31, 2017 – By #South Dakota Farmer Union By Lura Roti, for S.D. Farmers Union Ralph Kenzy used to tell his sons, “You can’t put it all in your pocketbook.” “He meant that agriculture is a lot more than money,” explains his oldest son, Brett, 45. “You get to be on the land, raising your kids. You […]
Read MoreThe Rural Lobbyist: Senate Bill 21 Passes out of Senate Ag.
January 27, 2017 – By #South Dakota Farmer Union Senate Bill 21 was one of two bills to pass out of the Senate Ag committee this week. This bill was a clean-up bill proposed by the Public Utilities Commission. Commissioner Chris Nelson noted that this bill was designed to streamline the process for claims against grain buyers and […]
Read MoreThe Rural Lobbyist: Informational hearings topic of discussion during Senate Ag this week.
January 27, 2017 – By #South Dakota Farmer Union In terms of legislation, not much went on in House and Senate Ag this week. However, we did attend important information sessions in both committees. This week we heard from Secretary of Agriculture Mike Jaspers on the comings and goings of the Department of Ag, our State Veterinarian Dustin […]
Read MoreThe Rural Lobbyist: Clean-up bills sweeping through the legislature.
January 27, 2017 – By #South Dakota Farmer Union A number of clean up bills had their time in the sun this week, with 6 bills passing out of their respective houses. Those bills include: HB 1012- revise certain provisions related to wind and solar easements. This bill simply places solar easements under the same rules and regulations dealing with […]
Read MoreThe Rural Lobbyist: Country of Origin Labeling to make its return to the legislature.
January 27, 2017 – By #South Dakota Farmer Union Country of Origin Labeling will be the topic of discussion the Senate State Affairs committee when they take up SB 135. This legislation is similar to the legislation proposed last session that was narrowly defeated in the House Ag and Natural Resources Committee. In SB 135, retailers of all […]
Read MoreThe Rural Lobbyist: Your weekly recap and forecast
January 20, 2017 – By #South Dakota Farmer UnionIt has been a busy week for SDFU out in Pierre fighting for family farmers and ranchers. Check out the info below to get our recap for the week and what to look out for going forward: This Week *SDFU Board met with the Governor’s Office and the Secretary of […]
Read MoreThe Rural Lobbyist: Despite strong support, Senate Ag committee defers SB 9/10
The most contentious discussion of the week took place in the Senate Ag Committee on Thursday with Senate Bills 9 and 10. These two bills address the longstanding SDFU issue of water management through watershed districts. Both bills were the recommendation of the River Basin Natural Resource District Oversight Advisory Task Force. Since the bills […]
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