More socialism announced for welfare farmers

Editor's note: South Dakota is a perpetual welfare state because of poor governing and yet another budget crunch.

A proposed 12,000-head breed-to-wean sow farm in Edmunds County has received a grant of up to $1.3 million ($1,304,464) to build a new facility.

The Reinvestment Payment Program dollars for Century Swine RE, LLC (under Pipestone Management) were approved through the South Dakota Governor’s Office of Economic Development. 

Also approved this month (Nov. 2025) were:

• Reinvestment Payment Program grant of up to $862,806 for Hord Family Farms of SD, LLC, under Pipestone Management, to support construction of an 8,773-head breed-to-wean sow farm in Miner County. The facility will enhance local agricultural output and create new employment opportunities in the region.
• Reinvestment Payment Program grant of up to $1,988,742 was approved for Whitewood Dairy, LLC to support development of a 9,500-head dairy facility in Whitewood. The project will include new barns and milking systems designed to improve efficiency.
• EDFA issued a Livestock Nutrient Management Bond of up to $12 million for Silverstreak Dairies, LLP and Warner Dairy, LLP to support solid waste disposal expenses associated with the expansion of the Warner Dairy project in Brown County. The expansion will accommodate approximately 5,100 head of wet milking cows and more than 300 head of dry cows and replacements.

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