Kristi Noem’s kin are assuaging their consciences over breaking their dad’s principles and selling their land for a big factory dairy in part by swallowing…
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An eager reader and dairy operator who gets her groceries in Freeman writes with concern about the economics of the new $86M, 12.5K-cow dairy that…
Unsurprisingly, the dairy Riverview plans to build on the Governor’s brothers’ land plans to receive subsidies from the Governor: The dairy will need permits from…
The Minnesota-based Riverview dairy corporation held a public meeting in Hazel last night to give details about the new CAFO it hopes to build in…
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…
Not satisfied with the tax increment financing it got to incentivize a plant expansion that was already underway, Canadian cheese maker Agropur continues to try…
In better pipeline news, the Grant County Commission revoked the legally dubious permission it granted CAFOs to run poop pipes through county rights of way:…
The Hamlin County Commission appear willing to break the law—or at least test it sorely—to favor Canadian cheese maker Agropur and its wastewater pipeline. At…
While legislation (SB 58) amending our tax increment finance laws languishes in the House, Governor Dennis Daugaard will be zooming out Tuesday to celebrate South…
Local governments use tax increment financing to jump start projects that market forces alone won’t support. The idea behind a TIF district is that, without…