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Crazy For Carbon

Posted on: January 3, 2024   |   Category: E30

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 […]

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Get to Know Farmers Union Insurance Stacy Mongar Agency, Sioux Falls

Posted on: December 15, 2023   |   Category: News Releases

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 […]

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Wayne Soren Passes Vice Presidential Torch to Next Generation

Posted on: December 10, 2023   |   Category: News Releases

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 […]

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The Path to Higher Blends—Artificial Barriers Limiting Us to 10 percent

Posted on: December 6, 2023   |   Categories: E30, News Releases

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 […]

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DOJ Discusses Market Concentration with Farmers & Ranchers During Farmers Union Convention

Posted on: December 5, 2023   |   Categories: Meat Labeling, News Releases

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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Farmers Union Names Jerauld County Farmer Agriculture Ambassador

Posted on: December 1, 2023   |   Category: News Releases

By Lura Roti South Dakota Farmers Union names Jerauld County farmer and life-long public servant Jim Burg the 2023 Ag Ambassador in recognition of his leadership and dedication to South Dakota agriculture and rural communities. “If Webster Dictionary had an image of what a civil servant looked like, it would be a photo of Jim […]

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Brown County Farmer Re-Elected to Serve as President of South Dakota Farmers Union

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Doug Sombke was elected to serve his 10th term as President of South Dakota Farmers Union today (Dec. 1) making the fourth-generation Brown County farmer among the longest serving Presidents of South Dakota’s largest agriculture organization. “It is an honor to serve South Dakota’s family farmers and ranchers,” Sombke said. “Guided by our grassroots policy, […]

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Aberdeen Farmer Announces Run for Second Term as NFU Vice President

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Jeff Kippley, Aberdeen farmer and National Farmers Union Vice President, announced his run for a second term of service during the South Dakota Farmers Union State Convention held Nov. 30 – Dec. 1 in Huron. “There is more work to do, so I hope you elect me again so I can continue to work hard […]

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