[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 22 (Friday, February 5, 2021)]
[House]
[Pages H391-H392]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                SOUTH DAKOTA STOCKGROWERS BAND TOGETHER

  (Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota. Mr. Speaker, from supply chain issues to 
uncertain prices, it has been a tough time in cattle country.
  To make things worse, there was a fire up near Lemmon, and it was a 
big one. It burned 16,000 acres of land used to feed South Dakota 
cattle.

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  The tough hand that so many have been dealt did not keep the South 
Dakota Stockgrowers from coming together and donating bale after bale 
of hay to those Lemmon ranchers.
  When asked why they came to the rescue, Scott Edoff of the South 
Dakota Stockgrowers said: Nobody asks. We just do it. That is part of 
our culture, part of our community.
  Mr. Speaker, that sentiment did not surprise me in the least. That is 
South Dakota. And that is what I call unity.

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