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EXTENSION PERSONNEL

Dr. Marty Beutler
Ranch Economist and Range Management
Specialist
Emphasis: Ranch management & resources, impact of ag, livestock marketing.

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Dr. Matthew Diersen
Risk and Business Management Specialist
Emphasis: Crop insurance, cattle markets, livestock insurance, hay/forage markets, and strategic planning.
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Alan May
Grain Marketing Specialist
Emphasis: Grain marketing, grain outlook, price risk managment, and general risk management.
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Dr. Burton Pflueger
Farm Financial Management Specialist
Emphasis: Ag finance, farm management, cooperatives.

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Dr. Gerald Warmann
Farm Management Specialist
Emphasis: Cost of production budgeting, enterprise analysis
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  Area Management Specialists:
   Jack Davis: Located in Woonsocket, SD at the Sanborn County Extension Office.
Areas of interest include finance and management (group seminars dealing with business topics and individual consultations), transition plans for business, and financial analysis. Contact info Farm Management Educators: Heather Gessner: Located in Salem, SD at the McCook County Extension Office. Areas of interest include cow/calf leasing, record keeping, FinPack, Standard Performance
Analysis (PSA), estate planning, market plans, budgets, general farm management, and
rental rates and custom rates. Contact info Don Guthmiller: Located in Hayti, SD at the Hamlin County Extension Office.
Areas of interest include custom rates, rental agreements, Crop and Livestock Insurance,
grain and livestock marketing, budgets for crop and livestock, farm fuel costs, wintering
beef cattle, general farm management, and South Dakota dairy outlook. Contact info Stacy Hadrick: Located in Sturgis, SD at the Meade County Extension Office. Areas of interest include grain and livestock marketing, general farm management, risk management education, financial and production analysis, and women in agriculture management and marketing education.
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Department of
Economics

Box 504  Brookings, SD 57007   Phone 605-688-4855   Fax 605-688-6386