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KELO Radio’s Bill Zortman Receives Excellence in Agricultural Journalism Award from National Farmers Union

Posted on: March 11, 2024   |   Category: News Releases

By Lura Roti for South Dakota Farmers Union For more than 60 years KELO Radio’s Bill Zortman has been giving rural citizens a voice. And today, March 11, National Farmers Union (NFU) recognized Zortman for his coverage of agriculture issues, presenting him with the Milt Hakel Excellence in Agricultural Journalism Award during the organization’s national […]

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Reliance Rancher Receives National Award

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By Lura Roti for South Dakota Farmers Union Many years ago, a Priest shared words of wisdom with David Reis that the Reliance rancher never forgot. “He told me, ‘if you don’t hear babies crying in the pews, you just as well lock the doors because your church is dying.’” A third-generation Lyman County cattle […]

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South Dakota Delegates take Grassroots Policy to NFU Convention

Posted on: March 10, 2024   |   Category: News Releases

Family farmers and ranchers from across South Dakota are in Scottsdale, Arizona, advocating for policy supporting agriculture and rural communities during the 122nd National Farmers Union (NFU) Convention held March 10-12. “These members care about policy because grassroots policy, voted on by farmers and ranchers, is what guides our organization’s lobbying efforts in South Dakota […]

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Lake Area Technical College Students Learn About Diversity of Cooperatives

Posted on: February 27, 2024   |   Category: News Releases

By Lura Roti for South Dakota Farmers Union Before attending the Farmers Union College Conference on Cooperatives, all Landen Melius knew about cooperatives was from doing business at the local grain elevator and Chelsea Cenex station. Today, he knows much more thanks to touring several Minnesota-based cooperatives – each with a different focus – during […]

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Don’t Believe the EV Hype—For Ethanol, Stay the Course

Posted on: February 15, 2024   |   Categories: E30, News Releases

Column by Doug Durante, Clean Fuels Development Coalition Among the issues that have put a scare into the ethanol industry over the past few years, the threat of electric vehicles has received considerable attention. While threats to the RFS, artificial limits on blend volumes and diminishing export markets are real, the EV threat should rank […]

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Property Rights Focus of South Dakota Farmers Union Legislative Day 2024

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By Lura Roti for South Dakota Farmers Union 2024 is the first year Egan property owner Clayton Rentschler attended a South Dakota Farmers Union Legislative Day. Rentschler has farmland in Moody County and he is concerned about his property rights. “South Dakota Farmers Union are the only ones standing up for landowners who want to […]

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Legislators Oren Lesmeister & Will Mortenson Recognized for Service to Agriculture

Posted on: February 13, 2024   |   Category: News Releases

By Lura Roti for South Dakota Farmers Union South Dakota Farmers Union recognizes Minority Leader Oren Lesmeister and Majority Leader Will Mortenson for their dedication to serving South Dakota’s family farmers and ranchers with the Service to Agriculture award today, February 13 during South Dakota Farmers Union Legislative Day in Pierre. “These two leaders worked […]

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Family Farmers & Ranchers Advocate in Pierre for Landowner Rights & More

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Today, February 13, family farmers and ranchers from across the state traveled to Pierre to advocate for landowner rights and other policy that supports the individuals and families who make up South Dakota’s No. 1 industry of agriculture. February 13 is  South Dakota Farmers Union Legislative Day. “Legislative Day provides legislators with the opportunity to […]

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