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U.S. Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., visits with Lois Bieber before an agriculture roundtable discussion at the Brown County Fair on Friday, Aug. 15. Aberdeen Insider photo by Scott Waltman.

One Big Beautiful Bill a win for American agriculture, Thune, Johnson, Hoeven agree

By Scott Waltman 08/15/2025

For farmers and ranchers, the One Big Beautiful Bill is a win. That’s the word from Sen. John Thune, R-S.D.;……

South Dakota farmers have received billions of dollars in crop insurance payments due to hail, drought and excessive moisture, a condition that flooded this farm near Herreid, S.D., in June 2022. South Dakota News Watch photo by Stu Whitney

$8.3B in crop insurance payouts to South Dakota farmers: A cost of climate change

By Bart Pfankuch of South Dakota News Watch 11/25/2023

South Dakota farmers have received nearly $10 billion in payouts from the Federal Crop Insurance Corp. over roughly the past……

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DOJ: Farmers’ crop failures weren’t a case of bad luck

By Jonathan Ellis of The Dakota Scout 05/27/2023

James and Levi Garrett were having a bad run. In 2017, the Sully County farmers lost a soybean crop to……