Family footsteps: Roberts to lead new iteration of South Dakota ag department

Janelle Atyeo
Sep 3, 2020
Sep 3, 2020 Updated Dec 15, 2020

Hunter and his son Chris Roberts combine winter wheat in 2019.
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This summer, the sixth generation stepped up on the Roberts Ranch in central South Dakota.

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Roberts-Clint and Hunter — Hunter Roberts spends time with his grandfather, Clint Roberts, who served as South Dakota’s secretary of agriculture nearly 40 years before his grandson.
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Roberts-family — The Roberts family. Hunter, his wife Stephanie, and children Chris and Sarina
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A young Hunter Roberts dries out a new born calf.
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Janelle is editor of the Tri-State Neighbor, covering South Dakota, southwestern Minnesota, northwestern Iowa and northeastern Nebraska. Reach her at jatyeo@tristateneighbor.com or follow on Twitter @JLNeighbor.