Is there anyone left in South Dakota willing to defend the Trump tariffs? Even our Republican Congressional delegation has taken the position that Trump’s reckless…
Tag: agriculture
After a baseball break last week, Patrick Lalley opened his KSOO mic to me again yesterday afternoon to spend twenty minutes talking about tariffs and…
The ag-industrial lobbyists at the Farm Bureau are calling on their members to call Congress and get the Trump tariffs off their backs: Bureau President…
Lori Walsh is bringing a major improvement to South Dakota Public Broadcasting’s coverage of Legislative races. In the past, SDPB did canned videos for YouTube…
Donald Trump is asking for authority to raise tariffs at will, in violation of the Constitution and World Trade Organization rules. His Administration has drafted…
Roger Cornelius mentions that corrupt Environmental Pillaging Agency chief Scott Pruitt bumbled into Josiah’s Coffeehouse in Sioux Falls yesterday. Josiah’s owner and former Obama advisor…
Two days, two departures from state government. Mike Jaspers announced this morning that two years as Secretary of Agriculture is enough; he’s going to work…
Every press release from the South Dakota Department of Agriculture notes that agriculture is “a major contributor to South Dakota’s economy” and generates $25.6 billion…
South Dakota’s farmers pay what we call a “productivity tax” on their land. Since 2010, we’ve transitioned from taxing farmers on the sale price of…