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Not COOL

Posted on: January 23, 2015 | Categories: Meat Labeling, News Releases

January 23, 2015 – By #South Dakota Farmer UnionCOOL has been under attack since its implementation in 2008 and the fires of angst were stoked most recently after the World Trade Organization’s ruling in October. While opponents of COOL have used the ruling to fuel their attack on the legislation, they have also ignored the fact that the […]

Rural Lobbyist: Counties win on alcohol, lose sales tax.

Posted on: January 22, 2015 | Category: News Releases

January 22, 2016 – By #South Dakota Farmer Union It was a tale of two bills on county funding when the Senate Local Government and House Taxation committees entertained discussion on two separate bills that addressed county revenue. The Senate Local Government Committee listened to testimony on Senate Bill 2. SB2 is titled an act to revise the distribution […]

SDFU Strengthens Rural Communities through Scholarships

Posted on: January 8, 2015 | Category: News Releases

January 8, 2015The South Dakota Farmers Union Foundation announces the 2015 Foundation Scholarship recipients. The students include: Alexandra Farber, Britton; Jonathan Linke, Woonsocket; and Tyana Gottsleben, Philip. These students will be attending post-secondary education in South Dakota in fall 2015. Since 1961, the S.D. Farmers Union Foundation has invested in the lives of rural youth […]