South Dakota Farmers Union Women's Conference on the Crisis in Rural America

• 1980-05-06 (Creation)

• Open reel audiotapes
• MP3
• Duration: 0:10:45

Radio program talking about the challenges the agriculture faces. The farm crisis, the decline of farming, and parity and discussed. Ben Radcliffe comments on a Farm Income Farm Credit meeting. Comments from Ben Radcliffe on in come and standard of living for farmers. Women's Action Conference held in Sioux Falls participant shared concerns and ideas with consumers and businessmen and looked at ways for women to become involved politically, cooperatively, and through community organizations to strengthen relationships with agriculture and rural community allies. Comments from Erma Stuart, Jeanie Hetland, and Laurie Daschle about business, farm credit, and involvement in the government process. Theme music for the radio program is heard at the beginning and end of the recording.

• Agriculture, Cooperative
• Embargo
• Radio in agriculture
• Radio journalism

• South Dakota -- Sioux Falls

• South Dakota Farmers Union (Subject)
• Radcliffe, Ben (Subject)
• Hetland, Jeannie (Subject)
• Stuart, Erma (Subject)
• Fulton, Laurie S. (Subject)

• Audio-visual materials