South Dakota Interim Secretary of Agriculture Larry Rhoden said there’s a silver lining in the COVID-19 pandemic; a wake-up call for consumers. “At least for the time being, consumers understand the fragility of our food system and the need to expand competition in the food industry and expand processing. There’s federal legislation getting attention, including a bill allowing state inspected meat to be sold outside of state borders.” Rhoden said this would help state processors broaden the markets in a time where there’s high demand. “We’ve also had conversations at the executive level with the president’s office with the possibility of getting an executive order put together to allow that. If that’s done, it would be a good test run to prove the sky isn’t going to fall if we allow state inspected meat to be sold outside of borders.” Rhoden was part of a Dakotafest panel discussion.
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