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Obama Fights For Farming

IL Sen. Barack Obama and presidential hopeful Barack Obama speaking to South Dakotans in Watertown Friday.

By Drew Sandholm

Story Created: May 16, 2008 at 5:06 PM CST

Story Updated: May 23, 2008 at 10:48 AM CST

Inside a Watertown barn packed with people, IL Sen. and Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama told South Dakotans he'll fight for farming.

Obama spoke to more than 2,000 attendees interested in his agricultural plans. In his attempt to appeal to what is a largely rural area, he stressed the importance of agriculture and explained his plan to invest in young farmers.

"We'll give them incentives to afford their first farm or ranch while giving a tax break to landowners who sell to beginning farmers," said Obama.

A roaring applause broke out, as former Sen. Tom Daschle looked on. The superdelegate told KSFY that only Obama has the capacity to fix farming in South Dakota and beyond.

"If were going to keep that going, we have to recognize that agriculture, like everything else is changing and we have to adapt to these changes and help make change ourselves," said Daschle.

KSFY's Drew Sandholm can be reached at (605) 373-7372.


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Monday, May 19 at 11:15 PM jake wrote ...

"frat boy"..... real constructive comment.... a tip for getting anything useful out of reader comments on any blog or news article..... if the comment is insulting, name calling, baiting, or talks about someone else's comment by repeating some tired talking point from "the other side" and talking past the original comment.... then just move on. If you are interested in useful dialog, these things aren't.

Monday, May 19 at 5:46 PM Chris Prashad wrote ...

Besides the rising cost of oil very little attention is paid to the poor farmers who face several adversities to produce quality crops to meet the domestic and international needs. Which would you rather have? Fuel in your gas tank or quality and healthy food to keep you alive while the experts work on alternative sources of energy. In the very near future you will have to choose between the two. The signs are quite clear. There will be severe food shortages soon and we need to focus on this.

Saturday, May 17 at 11:50 PM susanb6479 wrote ...

You just showed your ignorance, bigbilljr -- it's helpful, not a hindrance to have a good college education. Maybe you need to think more and speak less.

Saturday, May 17 at 9:04 PM bigbilljr--westriver wrote ...

You are saying that fratboy Obama knows farming, but it is only obvious after Tom Daschle speaks up does it make any farming/ranching sense..Young people/potentail farmers have been lemmings going to places like Morrells for benefits for years..I have not ever seen any of our different govts trying to "Stop-The-Flow" and has anyone taken a look lately at how much S.D. real estate (farm/ranch land) is owned by out-of-state insurance companies and banks? It is simply criminal! SD farmers loseAgain

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