Carrie Stadheim
If Americans learned one thing from the Covid pandemic, it should have been that we need a more secure food system.
That is what North Dakota State University’s professor Kalidas Shetty, with the Global Institute of Food Security and International Agriculture, told TSLN.
A reported ransomware attack over Memorial Day weekend affecting JBS shut down all of their US beef plants and slowed pork and poultry processing in this country.
Shetty, a biochemist, said “The lesson from all of this is that the more centralized and more concentrated any part of the production system is, the more vulnerable it is to breakdowns which in turn pose challenges for consumers.
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“We were able to sit down with Sen. Thune last week and articulate how important this is to South Dakota’s beef producers,” said SD Stock Growers Association Executive Director James Halverson. “And, we’ve continued to work with Congressman Johnson on this issue as well. We think there is a real potential to rein in these out of control oligarchies during this session.”
Information from the SD Stock Growers says in 1902 “The Big Six” beef packers controlled about 50% of the nation’s beef packing capacity. The Roosevelt Administration then brought a successful lawsuit against the “beef trust” opening the door for other antitrust cases. The group says currently
Call for Entries: SD Stockgrowers announced annual photo contest
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RAPID CITY, SD – The South Dakota Stockgrowers are set to sponsor their annual photo contest. In an effort to shine a spotlight on true conservation and to tell the story of modern-day livestock production along with the people and places involved in this way of life, the SDSGA will be accepting entries of original photographs from May 1, 2021 until August 1, 2021.
Grand Prize 2020 Photo Contest Winner, “If The Shoe Fits,” taken by Candy Erk Manthey
“People had a lot of fun with this last year,” says SDSGA Executive Director James Halverson. “We had many really amazing entries a year ago and we are very excited to see what our members and other supporters submit in 2021. Cameras are everywhere, and we know how beautiful our ranches, animals, landscapes, loved ones, and western events are. Our hope is this will encourage folks of all ages to get out and capture these images in order to preserve what