Property rights and regulations are top priorities for the South Dakota Farm Bureau in 2023. President Scott VanderWal tells Brownfield members adopted a resolution opposing municipal initiatives that delay new or existing ag projects during its recent annual state convention.
“We just had a municipal initiative in Sioux Falls that would have prohibited any further slaughterhouses from being positioned within city limits. That proposal lost. What that effort in Sioux Falls was basically trying to do is overrule the existing zoning rules.