September 29, 2023

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Noem claims Wholestone fight is losing South Dakota enterprise

The battle over Wholestone Farms is driving likely business out of South Dakota according to Gov. Kristi Noem.

The governor built the comments throughout a Tuesday interview with radio host Invoice Zortman, exactly where she criticized several features of the opposition to the pork processing plant prepared for northeastern Sioux Falls, which has led to a November ballot problem that could ban the building and operation of new slaughterhouses within town restrictions.

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“I imagine that is unfortunate,” Noem stated. “Due to the fact you pass a ballot evaluate like this down listed here, that places each and every solitary task we do in South Dakota in jeopardy in the upcoming.”

A rendering of the Wholestone Farms pork processing plant planned for Sioux Falls.

Noem reported the battle was exhibiting companies in the point out that even if they meet all the necessities and approach for many years, “at the very last minute 1 man or woman can get mad, do a ballot petition and conclude my enterprise and my financial investment.”

That’s related to the responses created by the Better Sioux Falls Chamber of Commerce, which introduced its official opposition to the ballot evaluate this week, as well as Christine Erickson, the executive director of the South Dakota Trucking Association and a previous town councilor.