Faculty & Staff

John Blanton

Associate Dean-CAFES Research/Director-South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station/Professor

College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences

South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station at SDSU

John Blanton

Associate Dean-CAFES Research/Director-South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station/Professor

College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences

South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station at SDSU

Dalen Zuidema

Project Coordinator

South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station at SDSU

Christopher Graham

Associate Professor/Extension Specialist-Agronomist

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

SDSU West River Research and Extension

SDSU Extension

South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station at SDSU

Katie Grott

Field Station Manager-Cottonwood

South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station at SDSU

Sam Ireland

Manager-Dakota Lakes Research Farm

South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station at SDSU

David Karki

SDSU Extension Agronomy Field Specialist

SDSU Extension

South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station at SDSU

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Peter Sexton

Associate Professor and SDSU Extension Sustainable Cropping Systems Specialist

South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station at SDSU

SDSU Extension

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Jeremy Williams

Station Manager

South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station at SDSU

Charles Fenster

Oak Lake Field Station Director / NRM Affiliate Professor

Department of Biology and Microbiology

Department of Natural Resource Management

South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station at SDSU

Jack Ingemansen

Superintendent-Foundation Seed Stock

South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station at SDSU

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

William Backes

Program Assistant II

South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station at SDSU

College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences

Scott Bird

Agricultural Research Manager/Specialist

South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station at SDSU

Akos Biro

Temporary Employee

South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station at SDSU

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Douglas Doyle

Agricultural Research Manager/Specialist

South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station at SDSU

Kyle Grott

Assistant Manager

South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station at SDSU

Adam Hosszu

Temporary Employee

South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station at SDSU

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Shirley Jensen

Senior Accountant

South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station at SDSU

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Heather Lathrop

Program Assistant I

South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station at SDSU

College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences

Nate Leiferman

Fabrication Technician

South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station at SDSU

Peter Linke

Senior Agriculture Research Technician

South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station at SDSU

Cody Moret

Manager-Farm Operations & Beef Breeding

South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station at SDSU

John Neff

Agricultural Foreman

South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station at SDSU

Denver Nordmann

Agricultural Foreman

South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station at SDSU

Bradley Rops

Operations Manager

South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station at SDSU

Ruth Stevens

Senior Secretary

South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station at SDSU

Eva Sweet

Temporary Employee

South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station at SDSU

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Missy Vande Weerd

Assistant to the Director of the South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station at SDSU

South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station at SDSU

College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences

Gary Waack

Agricultural Research Manager/Specialist

South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station at SDSU

Brett Wartner

Agricultural Foreman

South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station at SDSU

Hannah Weinheimer

Senior Secretary

South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station at SDSU

Hayden Feist

Senior Agricultural Research Technician

South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station at SDSU

Joslyn Fousert

Agronomy Horticulture Research Assistant

South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station at SDSU

Aletta Husmann

Senior Agriculture Research Technician

South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station at SDSU

Steven Stein

Agricultural Research Manager/Specialist

South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station at SDSU

Blake Olson

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Ness School of Management and Economics

South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station at SDSU

Gabby Thooft

Temporary Employee

South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station at SDSU

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Bryan Gums

Temporary Employee

South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station at SDSU

Allen Lee

Temporary Employee

South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station at SDSU

Dwayne Beck

Professor Emeritus of Agronomy

South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station at SDSU

William Gibbons

Distinguished Professor of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Emeritus

South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station at SDSU

Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering