Farm chief shares concerns about labor woes, Supreme Court ruling

Farm Bureau President Zippy Duvall in South Dakota this week

MITCHELL – Local farmers and ranchers shared their concerns with one of the biggest names in agriculture Wednesday as American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall took questions during lunch at Mitchell Technical College.

Duvall is in South Dakota this week, and he is scheduled to be in Union Center Friday at an agriculture appreciation event.

His stop comes two months after the Farm Bureau and the National Pork Producers Council lost a bid in the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a California law that bans the sale of meat and eggs from animals that are confined in spaces below minimum requirements spelled out in the law. California voters passed the law, Proposition 12, in 2018.

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