The Governor’s Office hasn’t had one of Kristi Noem’s children’s friends send me any nastygrams yet, but the Governor’s agriculture people seem a bit sensitive…
Tag: CAFOs
Just a week after the Governor’s Office of Economic Development kicked off its new CAFO bribe campaign, Hamlin County has said no thanks and nixed…
On May 15 the Governor’s Office of Economic Development hosted a webinar on its new CAFO-county bribe program. GOED appears not to have YouTubalized that…
The Governor’s Office of Economic Development yesterday officially posted its intent to pressure counties into abandoning their zoning regs and approve all the factory feedlots…
The Noem regime is preparing to lean even harder on counties to let CAFOs take over the prairie. According to Bob Mercer, Noem’s economic development…
The barf-word of the week is agvocacy, the new term being foisted on us by the “share our story” marketing machine of industrial agriculture. The term…
The factory feedlot industry is looking for a tax break! Coming before House Agriculture (and Natural Resources) tomorrow is House Bill 1188, which seeks to…
Here’s a quick rundown of bills you should ask your legislators to kill when they get back to work on Tuesday (or, maybe for Al…
I keep hearing the newscasters on South Dakota Public Radio reciting a distressing phrase to describe some CAFO complications: Officials with the Department of Environment…
CAFO operator Frank Pravecek of Bon Homme County violated DENR rules by having too many cattle on his feedlot. Neighbor Sharon neth turned him in…