“Farmers Union is a place where I know I have a voice,” said Carleyn Petersen, an Eagle Butte rancher. “My husband and I are not able to be in D.C. or in Pierre, but we know Farmers Union is there, working to support policy to keep our family ranch going.”
Carleyn Petersen, is an Eagle Butte rancher and among the South Dakota producers to attend the South Dakota Farmers Union State Convention
Family farmers and ranchers elected to serve as 2025 National Farmers Union delegates are: Kaeloni Latham of Harding County, front left, Gerri Eide of Potter County, Rachel Kippley of Brown County, Mike Miller of Hutchinson County, and Lance Perrion and Sarah Perrion of Edmunds County. In the back row is: Tonner Bowman of Davison County, left, Terry Sestak, representing Clay and Lincoln counties, John Kippley of Brown County, Rob Lee of Kingsbury County, Lorrie Hanson of Marshall County and Jason Latham of Harding County.
