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Protect our Prairies Act in the House Agriculture Committee-passed Farm Bill. This legislation would encourage conservation of native sod and grasslands by reducing crop insurance assistance for newly converted croplands for the first four years. With a hunting industry as vibrant as we have in South Dakota, this legislation is just common sense. It also saves taxpayer dollars.
• To all our pheasant hunters out there, good luck and hunt safely!
• Rep. Kristi Noem is South Dakota's lone U.S. Representative, elected in November 2010. She serves on the Agriculture, Education and Workforce and Natural Resources Committees.

• As the drought continues today, USDA and other Federal agencies are doing all we can to help farmers, ranchers and communities who have been impacted.
• Unfortunately, our tools are limited. Due to inaction by Congress, many parts of the 2008 Farm Bill expired October 1, and other aspects of the law will expire in the

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