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SD PUC Watching Grain Dealers

SD PUC Watching Grain Dealers

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With low ag prices into the harvest, it will be critical to producers to get the money they are owed.
South Dakota Public Utilities Commission Chairman Chris Nelson says grain dealing laws were changed a few years ago……

Nelson says he wants producers to know their rights when they sell grain……https://soundcloud.com/wnax-radio/chris-nelson-829b

Nelson says grain dealers have to be bonded, and that is checked by the PUC…..

The law changes came about after the failure of a grain dealer in Redfield caused many producers to lose money on the grain they sold.

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