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Categories:South 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 […]
Read MoreFarmers Union Urges Noem to Speak Out Against Repeal of COOL
June 4, 2015 – By #South Dakota Farmer Union A bill to repeal Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) is expected to be on the House floor next week. South Dakota Farmers Union urges Representative Kristi Noem to speak out against the repeal of Country of Origin Labeling (COOL). “For the rights of South Dakota’s farmers, ranchers and consumers, […]
Read MoreUn-COOL. The Congressional Attack on Consumer Rights
May 22, 2015 – By #South Dakota Farmer UnionDo you have the right to know where the food you eat comes from? It is a simple question. So why are there so many complicated answers? I asked myself these questions on my flight back home from Washington D.C. Over the past week, a select group of SDFU members […]
Read MoreFarmers Union 2015 Camp Season Begins!
May 20, 2015 – By #South Dakota Farmer Union The first time, Jason Hanson, 17, attended Farmers Union camp; he was holding his dad, Lorrie’s hand. “It was important to dad that I attend camp because he grew up going to Farmers Union camp and wanted me to share in a similar experience,” said Hanson, who will graduate […]
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