Representative Mark Mickelson of Sioux Falls was the prime sponsor of a bill that passed the South Dakota legislature that could help speed zoning changes needed for Ag development.
Mickelson says current zoning rules often drag out the process that could help existing livestock production facilities expand…..

Mickelson says problems that are popping up in rural counties with livestock development show that changes are needed…

Mickelson says the state is raising the raw materials that could make livestock development a real economic driver….

Mickelson says all those development decisions will be made at the local level, not by the state.