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Categories:Current 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 […]
Read MoreSouth Dakota Farmers Union President Granted Audience with Pope Francis & Vatican Leaders to Discuss Importance of Family Farming and Ranching
March 26, 2015 – By #South Dakota Farmer Union HURON, S.D. – South Dakota Farmers Union President, Doug Sombke was among five Farmers Union state presidents who were granted an audience with Pope Francis, March 25, 2015. Sombke met with the Pope following a weeklong series of meetings with Vatican officials and rural-based non-governmental organizations to discuss the […]
Read MoreSouth Dakota Farmers Union Celebrates Christensen Farm Family
March 16, 2015 – By #South Dakota Farmer Union Ask Marlow Christensen and his three sons, Dale, Don and Doug, why they chose farming as a career and their responses are similar. “It’s all we’ve ever known,” explains Dale, who, like his younger brothers, joined the family operation full-time right out of high school. His brother, Don, adds, […]
Read MoreSouth Dakota College Students Learn about Cooperatives During the National Farmers Union Conference on Cooperatives a Success
March 13, 2015 – By #South Dakota Farmer Union South Dakota College Students Learn about Cooperatives During the National Farmers Union Conference on Cooperatives a Success Thirty students from Lake Area Technical Institute joined more than 150 college students from 25 states and Puerto Rico to participate in the 2015 National Farmers Union (NFU) College Conference on Cooperatives […]
Read MoreS.D. Farmers Union President Shares his Frustration with Legislative Disrespect for County and Local Governments
February 25, 2015 – By #South Dakota Farmer UnionOver the last 40 years, I have noted a continued decline in South Dakota state laws respecting County Commission and Township Boards’ authority and ability to govern. A Feb.11, 2015 comment from Rep. Don Haggar, R-Dist. 10, during discussion over the possible removal of a 1995 County property tax cap […]
Read MoreCall to Action #KeepCool
February 18, 2015 – By #South Dakota Farmer Union As COOL supporters celebrate the recent dismissal of the U.S. District Court lawsuit on Country-of-Origin Labeling (COOL); the multinational meatpacking industry and their allies who filed the lawsuit are lobbying YOUR South Dakota Legislators and Congressional Leaders. Don’t let their money and influence take away American consumer’s right to […]
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