About Us
South Dakota Farm Bureau is a grassroots membership organization established in 1917 when the first county Farm Bureaus banded together to create the state organization and today represents more than 16,000 farm, ranch and rural families.
Mission & Vision: Your Trusted Leader in Agriculture.
Board of Directors
South Dakota Farm Bureau is made up of an 11-member state Board of Directors, all who are farmers and ranchers.
Scott VanderWal
President
from Volga, S.D.
Scott VanderWal is a third-generation family farmer from Volga, South Dakota. On their farm, Scott and his wife, Michelle, raise corn soybeans and do custom cattle-feeding and some custom harvesting. Scott also serves as vice-president of American Farm Bureau Federation.
Jeffery Gatzke
Vice President
from Hitchcock, S.D.
Jeffery and his wife, Sheila, own and operate their family farm and feedlot near Hitchcock, South Dakota. In 2002 they were elected National Young Farmers & Ranchers Chair and held a seat on the American Farm Bureau Federation Board of Directors.
Reid Jensen
District 1
from Burbank, S.D.
Ron Krogstad
District 2
from Baltic, S.D.
Jerry Runia
District 3
from Estelline, S.D.
Nick Ihnen
District 4
from Tulare, S.D.
Clay Conry
District 5
from Mud Butte, S.D.
Scot Eisenbraun
District 6
from Wall, S.D.
Roger Hainy
District 7
from Wessington Springs, S.D.
Mark Salvador
P&E Committee
from Sioux Falls, S.D.
Courtney Salvador
P&E Committee
from Sioux Falls, S.D.
Tyrel Eisenbraun
Young Farmers & Ranchers
from Wall, S.D.
Kassidy Eisenbraun
Young Farmers & Ranchers
from Wall, S.D.
Matt Smith
Agri-Business Board Member
from Hitchcock, S.D.
John Piroutek
Student Board Member
from Brookings, S.D.
Krystil Smit
Executive Director
Lowell Mesman
Western Regional Manager
Young Farmers & Ranchers Committee Coordinator
Helen Geppert
Eastern Regional Manager
SDSU Collegiate Farm Bureau Coordinator
Brenda Dreyer
Marketing & Communications Director
Julie Fritzsche
Office Manager
Administrative Assistant
Jackie Winegar
Accounting Specialist
HR Coordinator
Matthew Bogue
State Public Policy Director
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Heather Lentz
Member Engagement Coordinator
Wayne Smith
Wetlands Specialist