Board Members
Levi Neuharth
Fort Pierre, SD
Levi Neuharth, Vice Chairman of the South Dakota Soil Health Coalition, and wife Crystal Neuharth hosted an educational field day at their farm near Fort Pierre on October 4th 2017.
Shawn Freeland
Caputa, SD
Shawn Freeland, his wife Kristy and their two daughters live on their farm in Caputa where they run a cow/calf operation, stockers, registered Black Angus, beef finishing, as well as produce irrigated livestock forage.
Terry Ness
Pierre, SD
Terry Ness, Secretary/Treasurer, is a founding board member of the South Dakota Soil Health Coalition.
Dennis Hoyle
Roscoe, SD
Dennis Hoyle, current Chairman of the South Dakota Soil Health Coalition, has been a member of the board since its beginning in 2015.
Doug Sieck
Selby, SD
Doug Sieck, past Chairman and current board member, is the owner and operator of Deep Root Ranch in North Central South Dakota.
Dan Forgey
Gettysburg, SD
Dan Forgey has been an active member of the SD Soil Health Coalition Board for two and half years, beginning in 2016.
Brian Johnson
Frankfort, SD
Van Mansheim
Colome, SD
Van Mansheim, current Board Member, was elected to the Board in January 2021.
Candice Mizera,
McLaughlin, SD
Ally Binger, Youth Advisor
I am involved in SDSU State-A-Thon, SDSU LeadState, SDSU Trio Program, and am a member of Tulare United Church. I also plan to join the SDSU Agronomy Club in the fall of 2019.
Cutler Michalski, Youth Advisor
News & Events
Bus tour to feature soil health, conservation practices
PIERRE, SD – A two-day bus tour beginning in Spink County on Aug. 3 is sure to appeal to people with an interest in soil health, conservation practices and regenerative agriculture. The tour will visit Menoken Farm, a conservation demonstration farm near Bismarck, ND,...
Workshop to help producers manage saline soils
PIERRE, SD – Many producers have unproductive areas in their fields due to saline or sodic soils. If not managed correctly, those areas cost producers money and can grow larger over time. On July 28, the Opportunities for Saline Cropland workshop will be held near...
Soil Health School: Changing farms, changing lives
By Stan Wise South Dakota Soil Health Coalition It’s hard to know which events will change the course of a person’s life. For Austin Carlson, one of those events was Soil Health School. In 2018, a neighbor invited him and his father to attend the 3-day School. Now,...