Ag banker excited for spreading ag message in Sioux Falls

By Wendy Sweeter for the Greater Sioux Falls Chamber of Commerce
Jan 17, 2024
Jan 17, 2024

Phil DeGroot was named Agribusiness Citizen of the Year and honored at the recent Sioux Empire Livestock Show by the Greater Sioux Falls Chamber of Commerce.
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By Wendy Sweeter for the Greater Sioux Falls Chamber of Commerce

Growing up on a dairy and hog farm in northwest Iowa, Phil DeGroot thought he would return to the family farm after college, and after graduating from South Dakota State University in 2003 with a degree in ag business and a minor in ag marketing, he did just that.

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