Their share: Farmers to feed 1,000 fairgoers lunch for 48 Cents

By Lura Roti for South Dakota Farmers Union
Aug 18, 2024
Aug 18, 2024

State Fair Farmers Union Lunch 1.png — Reliance rancher, David Reis visits with fairgoers during the 2023 South Dakota State Fair. Reis and other South Dakota farmers and ranchers will be at the South Dakota Farmers Union Farmers Share Lunch Aug. 31 during the 2024 South Dakota State Fair.
Submitted photo from SDFU

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By Lura Roti for South Dakota Farmers Union

Fair food has a reputation for being fried and expensive. But if fairgoers paid only what the farmer and rancher received for the ingredients they raise, lunch would cost about 48 cents or the “farmer’s share.”

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State Fair Farmers Union Lunch 2.png — SDFU President Doug Sombke with grandsons, Brooks and Braxten, at the South Dakota State Fair. South Dakota Farmers Union is the premiere sponsor of the 2024 South Dakota State Fair.
Submitted photo from SDFU

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