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Categories:Young Producers Event Provides Farmers & Ranchers with Marketing & Policy Insight
By Lura Roti for South Dakota Farmers Union Being open to new ideas and having access to experts and information is essential to sustainability, said Travis Spiel, a 32-year-old Parade rancher. “The worst thing a farmer or rancher can do is keep doing things the same way just because it’s how they’ve always done it,” […]
Read MoreSouth Dakota Farmers Union Supports Next Generation Ag Professionals With Graduate Scholarship
By Lura Roti Raising a flock of sheep for his 4-H and FFA projects is how Grady Gullickson initially became interested in ruminant nutrition. “My brother, Gage, and I were in charge of how their feed was managed,” explained the fourth-generation Flandreau, South Dakota livestock producer. “I really enjoyed learning about the nutrition aspect and […]
Read MoreRural Youth Receive College Scholarships
By Lura Roti South Dakota Farmers Union Foundation recently awarded $500 scholarships to youth from five rural South Dakota communities. “Youth are our future. These scholarships are among the ways Farmers Union can support rural youth as they pursue the education necessary to keep South Dakota’s agriculture and rural economy strong and moving forward,” […]
Read MoreCrazy For Carbon
Column by Doug Durante, Clean Fuels Development Coalition As is often said when it comes to football, it starts with the basics – blocking and tackling. Trick plays, end arounds and flea flickers are nice but without the basics it doesn’t matter. I feel like there is a lesson here for the ethanol industry. In […]
Read MoreGet to Know Farmers Union Insurance Stacy Mongar Agency, Sioux Falls
Recently, Stacy Mongar received a phone call from a Farmers Union health insurance client. The client was faced with a difficult decision and needed Mongar’s help. The client’s finger was severely injured and the surgeon at the hospital who carried their insurance said the best outcome was amputation. When the client went for a second […]
Read MoreWayne Soren Passes Vice Presidential Torch to Next Generation
By Lura Roti Since 2010, Lake Preston farmer, Wayne Soren, has helped lead the state’s largest agriculture organization serving as Vice President of South Dakota Farmers Union (SDFU). During the organization’s 108th State Convention, Soren passed the torch on to Aberdeen farmer, Jeff Kippley, 44. “I think we have a lot of dynamic young leaders […]
Read MoreThe Path to Higher Blends—Artificial Barriers Limiting Us to 10 percent
by Doug Durante, Clean Fuels Development Coalition Last month’s column on the concerns we see with the RIN system concluded that we would look at pathways to higher blends so we would not be captive to the RFS. When I say captive, I say so in the sense that it has been very difficult to […]
Read MoreDOJ Discusses Market Concentration with Farmers & Ranchers During Farmers Union Convention
by Lura Roti Supply and demand drive the market. Or do they? Market manipulation was the focus of a panel discussion hosted during the South Dakota Farmers Union State Convention held in Huron, December 1. U.S. Department of Justice Assistant Attorney General, Michael Kades was among the panelists to discuss this challenge with family farmers […]
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