Governor signs bill allowing more direct-to-consumer meat sales if federal government acts

Governor signs bill allowing more direct-to-consumer meat sales if federal government acts

Cattle in a pasture near Eureka, South Dakota, in 2024. (Photo by Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight)South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden signed a bill into law Tuesday that will make it easier for South Dakotans to buy meat directly from cattle producers, if Congress changes a related federal law. Currently, consumers can’t buy cuts of meat directly from cattle producers if that meat was not processed at a state- or federally inspected facility. A…