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Art installation on Corn Palace promotes conservation farming
Visitors may notice something different at the World’s Only Corn Palace: faces plastered on the walls and the words “In Mitchell, conservation is tradition. Protect it.” Invest in Our Land is a conservation farming advocacy organization who put the message together, hoping to educate Americans about safeguarding the future of U.S. farmland. Rebecca Bartels is the Executive Director of Invest in our land, as well as a Onida, South Dakota native. She said the group wants the focus on the people laying the groundwork for conservation practices, and not just policy.
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Corn Palace becomes canvas for South Dakota farmers in conservation art project
More than a hundred giant portraits of South Dakota farmers cover the walls of the Corn Palace, part of a national public art project unveiled to spotlight agricultural conservation efforts and the producers who use them.
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Conservation advocates applaud federal funding boosts, but worry USDA can’t distribute them
Farmers and conservation organizations welcomed the additional funding for some conservation programs President Donald Trump signed into law this summer. But they also worry there won’t be enough federal staff around to ensure the programs’ success.
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A celebration of conservation is coming to Dakotafest and the Corn Palace Festival
A special art display celebrating conservation in agriculture is coming together just in time for Dakotafest and Corn Palace Festival. A news conference and unveiling of photographs of Mitchell area producers is set for 5pm Thursday at the Corn Palace. It’s called the “Inside Out Project” billed as the largest participatory art project in the world. The event is part of the “Invest in Our Land” to call attention to the importance of conservation in agriculture.
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Celebration held for the importance of conservation to local farmers
On Wednesday at Dakotafest, the Invest in Our Land organization celebrated the transformative impact of Federal conservation programs that have helped local farmers.
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OPINION | TIM WELLS: Protect agriculture Honor commitments to U.S. farmers
As both a banker managing a $65-million farm lending portfolio and a multigenerational farmer, I witness agriculture’s current struggles firsthand. Rising input costs and falling commodity prices are squeezing farmers, while crucial programs keeping farms viable face potential cuts.
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