Remember how Mike Rounds told us that Keystone XL would help South Dakota farmers by freeing up rail cars to haul grain instead of oil? Farm and blog friend Don Carr notices that, once Rounds was safely elected, the South…
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Big Ag groups in South Dakota are raising a stink about the EPA's latest proposed regulations to keep our water clean. As we know, this industry-manufactured fuss is mostly myth. The EPA is using science to make clear, consistent rules…
Want to meet the King of the Netherlands? Go to Emmetsburg, Iowa, Wednesday and see His Majesty Willem-Alexander break a wooden shoe across the bow of the first commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plant in the country. The King is coming because…
John Tsitrian asked for policy specifics from prairie populist Rick Weiland; now he's got 'em! The Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate has released his Agriculture Policy and Rural Development position statement, and it's chock full of good policy aimed mostly…
Last week Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Rick Weiland jumped in front of the ethanol issue and declared himself in opposition to the Obama Administration's flagging support for turning South Dakota corn into motor fuel. Weiland said the EPA, President Obama,…
The District 33 Senate race pits Republican Rep. Phil Jensen against Independent Matt McGrath. Both men have brave mustaches. That makes this race a hard choice. But if neither man can win by a whisker, maybe one can win by…
If you're going to Mitchell for DakotaFest today to watch Matt Varilek crush Rep. Kristi Noem in their first face-to-face debate, here's a good question to submit to the candidates: "Do you support suspending the ethanol mandate of the Renewable…