Thanks to soy checkoff support, 22 students from South Dakota State University made the trek to Houston for Commodity Classic.
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The entire group of SDSU students gathered at the Commodity Classic’s themed backdrop. Kneeling is Mason Bottom, left, Landon Severson, Avery Wittnebel, Kyle Hagen and Casey Koenig. Standing is Andrew Burns, left, Ryan Schueler, Jordan Linscheid, Kyle Hamilton, Charles Tesch, Hayden Hegg, Keegan Lorang, Marcus Gibbs, Matthew Becker, Jacob Timmerman, Haley Berends, Luke Gordon, Brooklynn Fiscus, Kade Wassman, Lily Green and Wyatt Haugen.
After collecting two championship football trophies in Texas over the last two years, the path between the South Dakota State University campus and the Lone Star State is well worn.
SDSU students pose atop an air seeder at the Commodity Classic trade show in Houston this spring. They are Luke Gordon, left, Kyle Hagen, Marcus Gibbs, Kade Wassman, Andrew Burns, Jacob Timmerman, Matthew Becker, Landon Severson, Avery Wittnebel, Kyle Hamilton and Mason Bottum.
Minnesota farmer Tom Frisch, right, chairman of the Minnesota Soybean Research & Promotion Council, explains to SDSU students how the soybean checkoff supports projects that improve farmer profitability during a meeting at Commodity Classic in Houston.
Lake Benton, Minn., farmer and Minnesota Soybean Growers Association Past President Bob Worth talks with SDSU students Landon Severson, left, Kyle Hagen and Mason Bottum.
Janelle Atyeo is a small town South Dakota girl enjoying her work as regional editor of the Midwest Messenger and Tri-State Neighbor while raising kids and no-till vegetables in central Sioux Falls. Reach her at janelle.atyeo@lee.net.
The entire group of SDSU students gathered at the Commodity Classic’s themed backdrop. Kneeling is Mason Bottom, left, Landon Severson, Avery Wittnebel, Kyle Hagen and Casey Koenig. Standing is Andrew Burns, left, Ryan Schueler, Jordan Linscheid, Kyle Hamilton, Charles Tesch, Hayden Hegg, Keegan Lorang, Marcus Gibbs, Matthew Becker, Jacob Timmerman, Haley Berends, Luke Gordon, Brooklynn Fiscus, Kade Wassman, Lily Green and Wyatt Haugen.
SDSU students pose atop an air seeder at the Commodity Classic trade show in Houston this spring. They are Luke Gordon, left, Kyle Hagen, Marcus Gibbs, Kade Wassman, Andrew Burns, Jacob Timmerman, Matthew Becker, Landon Severson, Avery Wittnebel, Kyle Hamilton and Mason Bottum.
Minnesota farmer Tom Frisch, right, chairman of the Minnesota Soybean Research & Promotion Council, explains to SDSU students how the soybean checkoff supports projects that improve farmer profitability during a meeting at Commodity Classic in Houston.
Lake Benton, Minn., farmer and Minnesota Soybean Growers Association Past President Bob Worth talks with SDSU students Landon Severson, left, Kyle Hagen and Mason Bottum.