Jeremy Freking has been named outreach and operations director and Bryan Sanderson has been named business development director of the South Dakota Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Development Division.

Freking is from Heron Lake, Minn. and has previously been the director of the South Dakota Soybean Association and Soybean Research and Promotion Council, as well as the South Dakota Biotech Association.

He graduated from the University of Minnesota with a bachelor’s degree in agricultural industries and marketing, with an emphasis in plant and soil science.

Sanderson worked at Cargill and Land O’ Lakes Purina, and he managed a feed yard. He’s from Lake Preston, S.D., and graduated from South Dakota State University with a bachelor’s degree in animal science and an agricultural business minor.

“Jeremy and Bryan bring a vast array of experience and knowledge to the positions,” says Mike Jaspers, South Dakota secretary of agriculture. “We are very excited to have them work to further the agriculture industry in South Dakota.”

The Agricultural Development Division is responsible for promotion and business development of South Dakota’s agricultural industry. To contact the division, call 605-773-5436.

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Source: SDDA