South Dakota Ag Rural Leadership
Class III participants

Jay Behrends Financial Officer FCS of America Black Hawk	Tim Bickett Livestock Consultant Pro Cattle Horizons Winfred	Travis Bies Owner/Operator Bies Land and Cattle LLP Fairburn	Jerry Cope Grain Marketing SD Wheat Growers Aberdeen

Jay Cutts Owner/Operator Cutts Farms Mission Hill	Mark DeVries Owner/Operator M Lazy V Ranch Belvidere	Kari Fruechte SDSU Extension Associate Pipestone	Brian Gatzke Agricultural Real Estate Appraisal Brookings

Brent Hoffman Owner/Operator Hoffman Cattle Company White Owl	Dwight Hossle Regional President Dacotah Bank, Rancher Faulkton	Lynn Hurley President First American Bank, Farmer Canton	David Iverson Owner/Operator Iverson Farms Astoria

Terry Jaspers Financial Officer FCS of America, Farmer Sisseton	Tom Jass Farm Manager Farmers National Company Brandon	Sam Johnston Owner/Operator Johnston Ranch Elm Springs	Merrill Karlen Owner/Operator Warcreek Ranch Oacoma

Wallace Knock Owner/Operator Knock Farms Willow Lake	Renee Olson Owner/Operator Olson Farms Waubay	Brandon Peterson General Manager Dakota Premium Hay Alcester	Dave Poppens Owner/Operator OK Corral Farms, Inc. Lennox

Jason Reed Owner/Operator Reed Ranch Faith	John Reisch Owner/Operator Reisch Farms, Inc. Howard	Rebecka Richter-Havlik Owner/Operator Pheasant Crest Lodge Kimball	Michelle Robbins Marketing MidWest Seeds White

Brad Sanderson Ag Lender Citizens State Bank Lake Preston	Jeff Smeenk Owner/Operator Center of Nation Ranch Newell	Bob Thaler SDSU Swine Extension Specialist Brookings	Roger Turbak Managing Officer First Premier Bank Castlewood

Todd Van Maanen Civil, Environmental and Agricultural Engineer Yankton	Scott VanderWal Owner/Operator VanderWal Farms, Inc. Volga	Jeanie Votava Natural Resources Engineering Specialist Pierre

                        Todd Van Maanen                        Scott VanderWal                        Jeanie Votava
                        Civil, Environmental and                Owner/Operator                          Natural Resources
                        Agricultural Engineer                    VanderWal Farms, Inc.                Engineering Specialist
                        Yankton                                       Volga                                        Pierre