• Dale Anderson, Plant Quarantine, Pest Survey
• Peggy Besch, State Fair Manager
• Raymond Black, Battalion Chief - Lead
• Christopher Blair, Division Chief - Operations
• Michael Blume, Commercial Feed, Animal Remedy Specialist
• Monty Bollock, Equipment Technical/Dozer Operator
• John Parks Brigman, Rural Forestry Coordinator
• Candi Briley, State Fair Assistant Manager
• Ray Bubb, Division Chief - Rapid City
• Jim Burk, Rural Fire Assistance Specialist
• Winston Cadotte, SEAT Base Manager
• Vince Campbell, Crew boss - Department of Corrections
• Cassie Christy, Urban Interface Technician
• Shannon Clary, Communications Specialist
• Kimberly Sturm, Grant & Loan Specialist
• Tamara Dierks, Fire Clerk
• Bob Endres, Ag Inspector (Mitchell)
• Jay Esperance, Wildland Fire Division Director
• Steven Esser, Battalion Chief - Hot Springs
• Brenda Even, Finance Officer
• JD Farley, Compliance & Enforcement Specialist
• Jeremy Freking, Outreach and Operations Director
• Adam Fritz, Squad Boss - Bear Mountain Handcrew
• Brian Garbisch, Agriculture Program Administrator (Rapid City)
• Stef Garland, Program Assistant
• Rick Geppert, Ag Inspector (Brookings)
• Tom Gere, Ag Service Assistant Division Director
• Casey Glines, Battalion Chief - Rapid City
• Cheryl Greenfield, Accounting Assistant
• Allyssa Gregory, Northern Hills Service Forester (Lead)
• Cody Griffee, Division Chief - Lead
• Dani Hanson, Policy Advisor
• Tammy Harmon, Executive Assistant
• John Haskvitz, Battalion Chief - Custer State Park
• Pete Hatten, Squad Boss - Black Hat Handcrew
• Doug Haugan, GIS Specialist
• Donald Henry, Crew Boss - Bear Mountain Hand Crew
• Dave Hettick, Service Forester (Hot Springs)
• Chad Baribeau, Mantenance Assistant
• Kyle Holt, Deputy Secretary of Agriculture
• Bruce Jacobson, Pesticide Product Registration and Groundwater, Land Application of Contaminated Soil Specialist
• Vince Jager, Building Maintenance
• Greg Josten, State Forester
• Ann Juette, Natural Resource Planner
• Nathan Kafer, Staff Forester (Mitchell)
• Spike King, Pesticide Container Recycling, Unusable Pesticide Disposal, Rodent Bait Manufacture Specialist
• Joni Kiple, Information Specialist
• Jim Konechne, Ag Inspector (Rapid City)
• Terri LaBrie, Agriculture Finance and Loan Specialist
• Sharon Larsen, Agronomy and Plant Prtoection Secretary
Jeni Lawver, Information Officer/Fire Prevention
• Rob Lehmann, Assistant Chief of Training/Fuels
• Jon Livermore, Service Forester (Watertown)
• Jeff Lounsbery, Ag Inspector and Seed and Nursery Specialist (Sioux Falls)
• Stephanie Lyons, Accountant
• Les Madsen, Division Chief - Hot Springs
• Ben Maisel, Squad Boss - Black Hat Hand Crew
• Rick Mayko, Service Forester (Sioux Falls)
• Julie McClelland, Mediation Specialist
• Randy McFarling, Mediator
• Mark Menning, Wildland Urban Interface Technician
• Valerie Mitchell, Pesticide Applicator Certification & Licensing Specialist
• Ron Moehring, Weed and Pest Control, Biocontrol, Weed-Free Forage Specialist
• Paula Mom, Event Services Assistant
• Mark Musel, Ag Inspector (Aberdeen)
• Lorrin Naasz , Digital Content Manager
• Shelley Noonan, Camping & Competitive Exhibit Coordinator
• Rachel Ormseth, Urban & Community Forestry Coordinator
• Kim Otterness, Dairy Secretary/Lab Tech (Brookings)
• Lowell Perman,Ag Inspector (Huron)
• Chris Petersen, Director, Fiscal Officer
• Sherrie Petersen, Ag Inspector (Mitchell)
• Corine Price, Communications Specialist
• Bob Reiners, Apiary Specialist
• Paul Reiter, Assistant Center Manager
• Paul Reiter, Communications Specialist Supervisor
• Zachariah Richards, Squad Boss - Bear Mountain Hand Crew
• Heather Rogers, Dairy Program Manager (Milbank)
• Taya Runyan, Staff Attorney/Ag Service Director
• Ruth Sanders, Forestry Grants Program Assistant
• Bryan Sanderson, Business Development Director
• Scott Schelske, Dairy Plant Compliance Specialist
• Jennifer Schrempp, Accountant
• Brian Scott, Conservation Specialist (Sioux Falls)
• Marcus Scott, Crew Boss - Department of Corrections
• Tony Seidl, Forest Health Forester
• Kenneth Shoultz, Maintenance Manager
• Tony Shumaker, State Dairy Survey Officer, Plant Compliance Specialist (Mitchell)
• Brenda Sievers, Plant Industry Manager (Huron)
• Stephanie Silbernagel, Inspection Services Secretary
• David Skaggs, Central SD Ag Development Representative
• Bill Smith, Division Director, Resource Conservation and Forestry
• David Smith, Fertilizer and Soil Amendment Specialist
• Gene Stegeman, Dairy Field Supervisor, State Egg Coordinator/State Dairy Lab Evaluation Officer (Brookings)
• Maggie Stensaas, Strategic Communications Officer
• Mike Stenson, Weed & Pest Management Technician, Export Certification
• Jim Strain, Deputy Wildland Fire Director/Operations
• MacKenzie Streich, Ag Inspector (Milbank)
• Joannah Tornow, Business Manager
• Linda Traver, Accounting Assistant
• Kristia Thomas, Pesticide Specialist
• Tiffany Thompson, Conservation Specialist (Pierre)
  
• Marci Tubbs, Senior Secretary/Webmaster
• Samantha Vadnais, Financial Program Assistant
• Marcus Warnke, Forest Health Coordinator
• Bob Weyrich, Western SD Ag Development Representative
• Elijah Whirlwind Horse, Squad Boss - Black Hat Hand Crew
• Jay Wickham, Division Chief - Custer State Park
• Jeff Wiedow, Battalion Chief - Hot Springs
• Holly Zuber, Division Secretary

Dr. Dustin Oedekoven, Interim Secretary of Agriculture
523 E Capitol Avenue
Pierre, SD 57501-3182
Phone: 605.773.5425
Fax: 605.773.5926
Email: agmail@state.sd.us
Office hours - 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Central Time

Staff Directory

 

• Dani Hanson, Policy Advisor
• Tammy Harmon, Executive Assistant
• Kyle Holt, Deputy Secretary of Agriculture
• Stephanie Lyons, Accountant
• Lorrin Naasz, Digital Content Manager
• Chris Petersen, Director, Fiscal Officer
• Taya Runyan, Staff Attorney
• Jennifer Schrempp, Accountant
• Maggie Stensaas, Strategic Communications Officer

 

 

 

 

Staff Directory

 

• Kimberly Sturm, Grants & Loan Specialist
• Terri LaBrie, Finance Administrator
• David Skaggs, Central SD Ag Development Representative
• Bob Weyrich, Western SD Ag Development Representative
• Holly Zuber, Division Secretary

• Staff Directory

 

Heather Rogers, Dairy Program Manager (Milbank)

Brenda Sievers, Plant Industry Manager (Huron)

 

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• Dale Anderson, Plant Quarantine, Pest Survey
• Michael Blume, Commercial Feed, Animal Remedy Specialist
• Bob Endres, Ag Inspector (Mitchell)
• JD Farley, Compliance & Enforcement Specialist
• Stef Garland, Program Assistant
• Rick Geppert, Ag Inspector (Brookings)
• Bruce Jacobson, Pesticide Product Registration and Groundwater, Land Application of Contaminated Soil Specialist
• Spike King, Pesticide Container Recycling, Unusable Pesticide Disposal, Rodent Bait Manufacture Specialist
• Jim Konechne, Ag Inspector (Rapid City)
• Sharon Larsen, Agronomy and Plant Protection Secretary
• Jeff Lounsbery, Ag Inspector and Seed and Nursery Specialist (Sioux Falls)
• Julie McClelland, Mediation Specialist
• Randy McFarling, Mediator
• Valerie Mitchell, Pesticide Applicator Certification & Licensing Specialist
• Ron Moehring, Weed and Pest Control, Biocontrol, Weed-Free Forage Specialist
• Mark Musel, Ag Inspector (Aberdeen)
• Kim Otterness, Dairy Secretary / Lab Tech (Brookings)
• Lowell Perman,Ag Inspector (Huron)
• Sherrie Petersen, Ag Inspector (Mitchell)
• Bob Reiners, Apiary Specialist
• Scott Schelske, Dairy Plant Compliance Specialist
• Tony Shumaker, State Dairy Survey Officer, Plant Compliance Specialist (Mitchell)
• Stephanie Silbernagel, Inspection Services Secretary
• David Smith, Fertilizer and Soil Amendment Specialist
• Gene Stegeman, Dairy Field Supervisor, State Egg Coordinator/State Dairy Lab Evaluation Officer (Brookings)
• Mike Stenson, Weed & Pest Management Technician, Export Certification
• MacKenzie Streich, Ag Inspector (Milbank)
• Kristia Thomas, Pesticide Specialist