When South Dakota Farmers Union gathers in Huron this December for its 110th state convention, the usual battles will be on the agenda: the farm bill, mandatory country-of-origin labelling, the fight against vertical integration and foreign ownership in the food system.
This year, something new is sitting alongside those long-running issues: artificial intelligence.
In a notice published on 16 November, South Dakota Farmers Union (SDFU) flagged a two-day convention on 10–11 December in Huron where “AI’s impact on production agriculture and alternative ways to think about complex global issues” will be discussed with family farmers,
