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July 22, 2015 – By #South Dakota Farmer Union South Dakota grows an abundance of corn that contributes to ethanol production. Ethanol is one product with several possibilities and benefits. A few of the benefits are described below.Fuel Options: The Renewable Fuel Standard ( RFS) has a long-term plan that would gradually increase renewable fuel usage and production; decrease […]
Read MoreS.D. Attorney General’s Office Provides S.D. Farmers Union with Title & Explanation Ahead of Schedule
Today, the S.D. Attorney General’s Office provided South Dakota Farmers Union Board of Directors with the title and explanation language for the Constitutional Amendment addressing Legislative Redistricting. Board members are pleased with the prompt response of the Attorney General’s office in processing their request ahead of schedule. “Now is the time to act,” said Doug […]
Read MoreThree South Dakota Teens Receive National Office within National Farmers Union
July 6, 2015 – By #South Dakota Farmer Union Three South Dakota teens were selected to serve on Farmers Union National Youth Advisory Council during the 2015 National Farmers Union All States Leadership Camp held in Bailey, Colo. this June. The students include: Jesse Carlson, 17, a Faulkton High School senior and son of Scott and Amy Carlson; […]
Read MoreSouth Dakota Farmers Union Extremely Disappointed With APHIS Decision to Allow Importation of Beef from Areas with Foot and Mouth Disease
June 30, 2015 – By #South Dakota Farmer Union South Dakota Farmers Union President, Doug Sombke, joins with the National Farmers Union organization in stating his extreme disappointment over the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) decision to allow importation of fresh and chilled beef from regions of Brazil and Argentina which […]
Read MoreSouth Dakota Farmers Union joins with National Farmers Union Assures Senate There Remains a Viable Path Forward to Save The Law, Satisfy WTO
June 15, 2015 – By #South Dakota Farmer Union South Dakota Farmers Union is disappointed with the June 10 vote in the U.S. House of Representatives to repeal Country-of-Origin Labeling (COOL). “The National Farmers Union President said it best, this was a ‘disappointing, knee-jerk overreaction’” said Doug Sombke, South Dakota Farmers Union President, quoting NFU President, Roger Johnson. […]
Read MoreSouth Dakota Farmers Union Celebrates the Kolousek Farm Family
June 8, 2015 – By #South Dakota Farmer Union South Dakota Farmers Union Celebrates the Kolousek Farm Family Celebrating a century of service to South Dakota’s farm and ranch families, throughout 2015, South Dakota Farmers Union will highlight members who farm or ranch with their families each month. For the months of May and June, South Dakota Farmers Union features […]
Read MoreSouth Dakota Sheep Producers Raise High Quality Wool & Improve Rangeland
June 8, 2015 – By #South Dakota Farmer Union South Dakota Sheep Producers Raise High Quality Wool & Improve Rangeland By Lura Roti for South Dakota Farmers Union “There is nothing cuter than a baby lamb,” Tammy Basel says as she tears down the last of her lambing pens and walks through a cloud of newly shorn ewes […]
Read MoreFarmers Union Camp Prepares Generations of Leaders
June 8, 2015 – By #South Dakota Farmer Union Farmers Union Camp Prepares Generations of Leaders Growing up, chores and fieldwork kept Lorrie Hanson busy on his family’s Claremont farm during the summer months. Farmers Union Camp was one of the few exceptions. “I couldn’t wait for camp. I developed friendships I still have today; plus, as I […]
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