
ABE Students
The Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Department not only provides our students with excellent academic programs, but also opportunities for professional development and student engagement.
Each year, we award up to $30,000 in scholarships at our annual Banquet of Excellence to recognize academic achievements. Our students are able to apply concepts they learn in class at internships, where they gain experience working in potential career fields while earning academic credit. Student clubs and organizations provide opportunities for social engagement and industry networking. Finally, our Senior Design Capstone Program allows students to experience the dynamics of an industry-based project.
Our students are able to apply concepts they learn in class at internships, where they gain experience working in potential career fields while earning academic credit. Students also have the opportunity to participate in several career fairs.

Students in the Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Department are required to complete an internship during their program. We encourage students to gain experience through multiple internships, but at least one must be taken for credit.

Whether you are seeking part-time or full-time employment, internship experiences or the chance to network with professionals from the engineering and agricultural industries, there is a career fair on campus for you!
Several resources are available to students seeking internship experience. Our career fairs attract industries and agencies from across the region each year. Students can also log into Handshake for current listings.
For more detailed information regarding internships, please contact Kristin Stuckey.
Registering for Internships
When should students register for internships?
Most internships are completed during the summer after the student has fulfilled at least one year of coursework on campus. Academic progress may impact when the student can complete an internship for credit.
How do students register for internships?
Students must first submit an Internship Agreement Form in order to receive academic credit for an internship. Once the form has been approved, students may register.
ABE Internship Placements
- Ag Processing - operations intern
- AGCO Corporation - design engineer, lab test engineer, tractor test engineer
- CHS Inc. - agronomy sales intern
- City of Sioux Falls - inspections/environmental intern
- Cleary Building Corp. - CAD drafting intern
- CNH Industrial - manufacturing engineer
- Conservation Corps - SWCD (soil and water conservation district) conservation apprentice
- Crystal Valley Cooperative - agronomy intern
- Dakota Environmental - structure design intern
- Doosan Bobcat - manufacturing weld engineer
- EDWDD - water resource technician
- Energy Panel Structures - engineering intern
- Farmers Pride Cooperative - crop scout
- Grain Handler - general engineering intern
- Heartland AG Systems - manufacturing engineer
- Kinze Manufacturing - test engineer
- Nepp Sales and Service - general operations intern
- NRCS - USDA - pathways internship: conservation engineer
- Precision Planting - research and development engineer
- Prinsco - application engineer
- Raven Industries - test engineer, precision ag specialist
- SD DANR (Feedlot Permit Program) - engineer
- SD DANR (Surface Water Quality) - stormwater technician
- SD DANR (Water Rights Program) - well observation technician
- SDSU, Ag and Bio Engineering Department - water management outreach and research intern
- Sudenga - design engineer
- Valley Queen Cheese - engineering intern
- Vermeer Corporation - design engineer intern, design engineer co-op, test engineer co-op
AST Internship Placements
AgState - Precision Ag Intern; Crop Scout
Agtegra - Operations Intern; Engineer Co-op
AGCO Corporation - Application Equipment Marketing Intern
Anderson Seeds - Agronomy Intern
Arnold's - Case Dealer
Blind Creek Farms - Operations Intern
Brock Auction Co. - Online Platform Developer
C & B Operations - Sales Intern
Central Farmers Cooperative - Agronomy Intern
Central Farm Service - Agronomy Intern; Crop Scout
Central Valley Ag - Operations Intern
Centrol Crop Consulting - Crop Scout
CHS Inc. - Agronomy Intern
Clark Community Oil - Agronomy Intern
The Climate Corporation - Drone Pilot; Crop Scout; Field Research Assistant
Compeer Financial - Crop Insurance Agent Intern
Cooperative Farmers Elevator - Operations Intern
Country Pride Cooperative - Agronomy Assistant; Crop Scout
Crystal Valley Cooperative - Agronomy Intern; Precision Ag Intern
Curry Seed - Operations Intern
Dairyland Seed - Forage Evaluation Intern
Dakota Crop Consulting - Crop Scout
Dobrinski Farm - Farm Operations Intern
Dupont Pioneer - Field Operations Intern
Farmers Cooperative Society - Agronomy Intern
Farmers Implement & Irrigation - Precision Ag Technician
Farmward Cooperative - Agronomy/ Sales Intern
Gengerke Farms, Inc. - Farm Operations Intern
Hartman and Pahl Farms - Farm Operations Technician
Higgins Ranch Company - Ranch Operations Intern
Hurley and Associates - AgriMarketing Intern
Jorgensen Land & Cattle - General Operations Intern
Krumbach Harvesting - Harvesting Intern
Midwest Futures - Commodity Broker
Mycogen Seeds - General Operations Intern
New Vision Cooperative - Field Scout
Northern Country Cooperative - Crop Scout
NRCS - Soil Conservationist Intern
Nusz Insurance - Crop Insurance Agent Intern
NutraDrip Irrigation - Sales Representative
Nutrien Ag Solutions - Operations Intern; Agronomy Intern
Pioneer Seeds - Sales Intern
Platte Valley Equipment - Integrated Solutions Consultant
Precision Risk Management - Precision Data Support Intern
R & S Sales - Ag Technologist
Raven Industries - Sales Intern; Test Engineer
RDO Equipment - Precision Products Representative
Roth Angus Ranch - Herdsman/ Farmhand
SD Soybean Processors - Engineer Co-op
SDSU, AHPS - Field Research Intern
Sky Apply, LLC - Ground Operations Manager
Titan Machinery - Sales Representative
UFC (United Farmers Coop) - Operations/ Ag Technology Intern; Crop Scout
University of Minnesota, Southern Research and Outreach Center - Field Research Intern
Wakefield Pork, Inc. - Production Intern
PRAG Internship Placements
- AgState - Precision Agriculture Intern
- Agnition - General Operations Intern
- AgriVision Equipment Group - Agriculture Dealership Intern
- Bauman Agency, Inc. - Pioneer and Precision Planting Intern
- Bayer Crop Service - Tech Development Representative
- Centra Sota Cooperative - Yield Chaster; Crop Scout; Operations Intern
- CHS - Sales Intern; Agronomy Intern
- The Climate Corporation - Operations Intern
- Corteva Agriscience - Sales and Marketing Intern
- Heartland Ag Systems - Precision Ag Intern
- Kibble Equipment, John Deere - Ag Management Solutions (AMS) Intern
- Lake Norden Farmers Elevator - Agronomy Intern
- Midwest Crop Services, Inc. - Crop Scout
- Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative - Agronomy Research Intern
- Missouri Valley Ag - Assistant Agronomist
- Platte Valley Equipment - ISG (Intelligent Solutions Group) Intern
- Raven Industries - Precision Ag Intern
- Seneca Foods - Crop Scout
- Valley Ag Supply - Precision Ag Intern
- Westlake Harvesting - Custom Harvester


Senior ABE students participate in a two-semester applied-design project course completed in conjunction with industry sponsors. The program allows students to apply their education and to experience the dynamics of an industry-based project. Through the Capstone Program, the ABE Department aims to produce excellent graduates that are equipped with the knowledge, experience and applicable skills to handle modern-day challenges in the industry.
