Volume CVII, No. 6 Huron, SD SEPT/OCT 2022
A PUBLICATION OF SOUTH DAKOTA FARMERS UNION
SERVING SOUTH DAKOTA’S FARM & RANCH FAMILIES SINCE 1915.
South Dakota Cattle Producers Meet with DOJ
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Tragedy Inspires Farm Safety Children’s Book
Supporting Ag in the Classroom
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2022 Farm Safety Quiz Bowl Championship
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National Farmers Union
Farmers Union Celebrates Dewey County Ranch Family
South Dakota family farmers and ranchers took time away from their crops and livestock and traveled to D.C. Sept. 11-14 to meet with policymakers and advocate for fair prices.
South Dakota Farmers Union has served South Dakota farm and ranch families for more than a century. Throughout the year, we share their stories in order to highlight the families who make up our state’s No. 1 industry and help feed the world. This month we highlight the Spiel family of Dewey County. Left to right: Travis and Mercedes and their children: Zoey, Ryder and Hazel; Bryan and Leah; Dayton and Tyann and their children: Swayzi and Raleigh; and Chase and Lauren and their children: Casen and Tilly Mae.
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hen their three boys were young, Bryan Spiel splurged on a 1969 Chrysler boat. It was $1,000 and came with everything needed to water-ski. “That’s all the boys wanted to do. Not go to town or the movies, they wanted to go to the water – all the neighbor’s kids were the Spiel boys enjoying time at the River. same way,” Bryan said. “So, we’d get the work done and go to the river.” “The kids have fond memories of being pulled around behind the boat,” Leah added. It wasn’t that Bryan and his wife, Leah, had an extra $1,000 to spend at the time. But they both agree it was $1,000 well spent. This
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