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1. Conservation Programs Help Strengthen South Dakota Farms and Businesses - Opinion Editorials - U.S. Senator John Thune
   April 09, 2010

   Conservation Programs Help Strengthen South Dakota Farms and Businesses April 9 2010 Senator John Thune Spring has arrived in South Dakota and we are once again reminded of how critical thriving farms are to...Again I believe this honor is more about the good work being done by South Dakota landowners This spring South Dakota farmers and ranchers are again making management decisions that are profitable and responsible...

2. South Dakota's Bountiful Wheat Harvests - 1898 and 2008 - Opinion Editorials - U.S. Senator John Thune
   August 15, 2008

   busting record winter and spring wheat yields being reported across all areas of the state in August Adequate to surplus rainfall has fallen across much of South Dakota this spring and summer Thanks to the...

3. Improving Drought Forecasting for our Agriculture Producers - Opinion Editorials - U.S. Senator John Thune
   February 14, 2014

   John Thune South Dakota farmers and ranchers are all too familiar with the harsh temperatures of our hot dry summers and cold wet winters In 2012 South Dakota producers experienced the worst drought in nearly...

4. South Dakotans Persevere - Opinion Editorials - U.S. Senator John Thune
   September 07, 2012

   different and more challenging for farmers ranchers and livestock producers Following the excessive spring moisture and record floods of 2011 no one would have predicted that 2012 would bring extreme heat...

5. South Dakota Ranchers and Farmers Among the Nation's Best - Opinion Editorials - U.S. Senator John Thune
   August 20, 2010

   Ranchers and Farmers Among the Nation s Best By Senator John Thune August 20 2010 As the end of the spring wheat harvest quickly approaches combines continue to comb through the fields and the silos are starting...

6. USDA Report: Good News for South Dakota - Opinion Editorials - U.S. Senator John Thune
   December 01, 2006

   groundbreaking for a new Broin ethanol plant in Davison County As more of these businesses continue to spring up across the state there will be an increased need for additional rail capacity In turn with greater...

7. Strengthening the U.S. Drought Monitor - Opinion Editorials - U.S. Senator John Thune
   May 25, 2018

   the farm bill after learning more about it their concerns were well founded For example early this spring after last year s drought in West River the U S Forest Service determined that its federal grasslands...

8. My Message to South Dakota Cattle Producers: I’m Listening, and I’m Taking Action - Opinion Editorials - U.S. Senator John Thune
   June 21, 2021

   through the pandemic disruptions in a highly concentrated meatpacking industry and now a drought This spring South Dakota experienced higher than normal temperatures and a lack of significant rainfall That...