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Fourth-generation Farmer Battles Carbon-capture Land Grab
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Hands off: South Dakota farmer Jared Bossly asked his governor, Kristi Noem, for help protecting his private property from the carbon-capture land grab. He recalls her response: “It’s out of my hands. I can’t fight all your battles.”

Fourth-generation Farmer Battles Carbon-capture Land Grab

Rebecca Terrell
Article audio sponsored by The John Birch Society

Jared Bossly never wanted to be famous. But one morning in early May, as he was planting alfalfa on his farm in Brown County, South Dakota, unwelcome fame came looking for him when his cellphone dinged. It was his wife, Tara, texting from home where she was recuperating after gallbladder surgery.

“Were you expecting anyone?” he remembers her asking.

“No,” was his perplexed response. She was puzzled, too, because while she was in the shower, someone opened the front door of their home and yelled, “Hello!” She quickly got dressed and went downstairs.

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