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FARM MOM: Cassie Sumption is a Frederick, S.D., farm mom. She poses with husband Taylor, and their children Marissa (left), Trevor, Cassie, Preston, Taylor, Miranda and Tristan. South Dakota Farmers Union highlights two women who support the state’s ag industry.
Lura Roti | May 07, 2021
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Before this Mother’s Day, May 9, South Dakota Farmers Union highlights two of the many mothers and grandmothers who work to support the state’s farms and ranches through raising their families and running their operations. The two are Cassie Sumption of Frederick and Elsie Meeks of Interior.
Supplies are scarce as equipment dealers, producers grapple with spring planting
Across the region, some implement dealers and farmers are navigating a supply shortage of parts, equipment and other materials that has thrown a wrench into producer plans and had dealerships canvassing their own supply sources to get their customers the products they need to get into and stay in the fields. 8:17 am, May 7, 2021 ×
Chris Scott, co-owner of Scott Supply in Mitchell, inspects a planter at his implement recently. Scott, like many other farm equipment dealers, are working to ease a supply shortage of equipment and parts caused by hitches in the manufacturing chain and high demand. (Erik Kaufman / Republic)
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Agriculture may be South Dakota’s number one industry, but the state’s farmers and ranchers need second jobs to pay the bills. And they are not alone. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, nationwide, 90 percent of farmers and ranchers do not earn a majority of their income from the farm or ranch. SDPB’s Lura Roti has this story.
If you want to understand why so many of South Dakota’s farmers and ranchers need a second income, just ask them.
“The cattle market is not good enough to put groceries on the table,” Shane Fastnacht says.
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