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Slowing Ag Economy Concerns SD Legislator

Slowing Ag Economy Concerns SD Legislator

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As Ag goes, so goes the South Dakota economy. South Dakota legislators will have to deal with that in the 2017 session.

Senator Jason Frerichs of Wilmot says this year will be more difficult than last year….

Frerichs says legislators will have to ready to find some help for ag producers…..

Frerichs says it is critical to help keep producers on the land….

The first two months of sales taxes in the new fiscal year are running about five million dollars below projections.

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