Estelline, South Dakota, farmer Jerry Runia is a member of the state’s Nutrient Education and Research Council. Runia represents the South Dakota Farm Bureau on that board. “That program researches nutrients by taking the 50-cent tax that’s on fertilizer so, we are the one that authorizes the research on,” said Runia. “For example, may be a nitrogen program out there that we’d like to try, maybe we want to try a strip-till on nitrogen or something like that.” Runia sees value in providing a boots-on-the-ground perspective on this board.
