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May 5, 2015 – By #South Dakota Farmer Union By President Doug Sombke On a recent trip to Italy, I was struck by the fact that the menus in nearly every restaurant I patronized labeled all ingredients by their country of origin. Although the U.S. has a Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) law that was passed in 2008, […]
Read MoreDoes Everyone Get To Know Where Their Food Comes From Except Americans? Column by Doug Sombke,President of South Dakota Farmers Union.
May 4, 2015 – By #South Dakota Farmer UnionColumn by Doug Sombke,President of South Dakota Farmers Union On a recent trip to Italy, I was struck by the fact that the menus in nearly every restaurant I patronized labeled all ingredients by their country of origin. Although the U.S. has a Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) law, which […]
Read MoreFarmers Union Now Taking Nominations for 2015 Rural Dakota Pride Awards
April 28, 2015 – By #South Dakota Farmer UnionHelping women in her community has been Cindy Wilk’s calling for more than 30 years. It began when her mother, Jan Manolis, was among a group of women to open a domestic violence shelter in Huron. “Domestic violence is something that is very dear to my heart. Years ago there […]
Read MoreCooperatives Provide a Local Voice in A Global World
April 27, 2015 – By #South Dakota Farmer Union Like many farmers with deep roots in South Dakota, the Dirty Thirties weren’t kind to David Kayser’s family. His grandpa, Felix Kayser, lost his Emery farm and his grandpa, Art Jarding, had to invest his own money to save the local cooperative he helped establish. “Those were tough times […]
Read MoreCelebrating Farm & Ranch Families: Ries Family Farm
April 26, 2015 – By #South Dakota Farmer UnionIn 1950, Donald and Armella Ries purchased some farmland a few miles southeast of Watertown and began milking four cows. A year later, their son, Mel, was born. Today Mel, his wife Orla, and three of their five grown children continue to milk cows on the farm. “I was raised […]
Read MoreCurrent Commodity Prices Impact All of South Dakota and Have Farmers Making Tough Decisions This Planting Season
April 26, 2015 – By #South Dakota Farmer UnionSpring fever hasn’t spread among South Dakota’s farmers as expected this planting season. Jeff Kippley attributes the atypical behavior to current commodity prices which are down about 65 percent from the last five-year average. “Normally, when you see a 70 degree day, guys are chomping at the bit to get […]
Read MoreEarth Day: A Celebration of the Family Farmer
April 22, 2015 – By #South Dakota Farmer UnionToday marks the 35th anniversary of Earth Day. This holiday serves as a celebration of continued efforts to protect and improve our environment. There is no one who understands this holiday better or pursues its mission with more conviction than family farmers and ranchers. I am hard-pressed to come up with […]
Read MoreThe Renewable Fuel Standard: Playing the waiting game with the EPA.
April 17, 2015 – By #South Dakota Farmer UnionOver the past year we have seen corn prices as low as $3.20 a bushel and as high as $5.10. Gas prices have fluctuated between a high of $3.59 and low of $1.90. Of course in an ideal world we would take the higher of the corn prices with the […]
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