South Dakota farmer eyes new era under Biden
Former South Dakota State Rep. Jason Frerichs, D-Wilmot, says he was astonished with ad hoc payments in the past two years compensating for trade tariff wars and COVID-19. He thinks President-elect Joe Biden will try to maintain safety nets and ethanol programs, with payments shifting toward climate goals.
5:29 am, Dec. 21, 2020
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Jason Frerichs, 36, of Wilmot, S.D., is in farming enterprises with brothers Aaron and Ryan. The cropping business share-rents land from his father, Kent, left, and other landowners. Photo taken Nov. 14, 2020, near Wilmot, S.D. Mikkel Pates / Agweek
WILMOT, S.D. — A federal safety net for farmers is likely to continue under the Biden-Harris administration, but it will be different, says a former Democratic state legislator and farmer from South Dakota.