Faculty & Staff

John Blanton

Associate Dean-CAFES Research/Director-SD Ag Experiment Station/Professor

College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences

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 & SDSU Extension Sustainable Cropping Systems Specialist

South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station at SDSU

SDSU Extension

Jeremy Williams

Station Manager

South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station at SDSU

Dalen Zuidema

Project Coordinator

South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station at SDSU

Christopher Graham

Associate Professor/SDSU Extension Agronomist

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

SDSU West River Research and Extension

SDSU Extension

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

Scott Bird

Research Assistant

South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station at SDSU

Douglas Doyle

Ag Research Manager/Spec

South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station at SDSU

Kyle Grott

Agricultural Research Technician

South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station at SDSU

Kristina Harms

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

Cody Moret

Manager-Farm Operations & Beef Breeding

South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station at SDSU

John Neff

Agricultural Research Tech

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

Ann Taecker

Grant Proposal Coordinator

South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station at SDSU

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

Ag Research Mgr/Spec

South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station at SDSU

Hannah Weinheimer

Senior Secretary

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

Ag Research Mgr/Spec

South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station at SDSU

Ermias Emam

Graduate Research Assistant

South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station at SDSU

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Riya Jain

Graduate Research Assistant

South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station at SDSU

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Nikhil LNU

Graduate Research Assistant

South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station at SDSU

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Blake Olson

Graduate Administrative Assistant

College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences

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