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The South Dakota Cattlemen’s Association executive committee is made up of five individuals, the President, 1st Vice President, 2nd Vice President, Secretary/Treasurer and Past President. All elected officials hold office for one year. All SDCA leadership is nominated and selected by SDCA members. SDCA is made up of 14 local affiliates and 3 councils, a representative from each affiliate and council is elected to serve on the Board of Directors. The state is also divided into 5 regions; each region elects a Regional Vice President to serve as a representative on the board of directors.
Executive Committee
Todd Mortenson-President
25109 Foster Bay Road
Hayes, SD 57537
605-567-3536
email
Todd is a cow-calf rancher from Hayes. Todd retains ownership of his calves through the feedlot. Todd is actively involved in the West Central affiliate where he served as president, past president of the Cow-Calf Council, chaired the Tax and Credit committee and currently serving as the chair on the Animal I.D. subcommittee.
Todd has served on the SDCA Board of Directors for over 8 years. Todd and his wife Deb have tow boys, Quinn and Jack, 3 cowdogs and 1 cowcat.
Bryan Nagel, 1st Vice President
41579 Apple Tree Rd.
Springfield, SD 57062
605-369-2617
email
Bryan and his wife Angela operate a feedyard near Springfield, which is in southeast SD. They have two children, both who are married. Son, John and wife Nikki and their Grafton live in Harrisburg, SD. Daughter Cassie, her husband Jayson Branaugh and daughter Mylee live in Pierre, SD. Bryan works together with his father John and brother Blane.
Bryan has held offices in the Dakota Southern affiliate, as well as helping with the inception of the Cattle Feeders Council. He is currently serving on the Animal Industry Board.
Bill Slovek, 2nd Vice President
20925 Slovek Rd
Philip, SD 57567
605-457-2311
email
Bill runs a cow-calf operation consisting of composite hybrid type cattle and registered Angus. Slovek Ranch also holds an annual bull sale. Bill is actively involved in the South Dakota Cattlemen’s Association, Farm Bureau and was a member of the South Dakota Ag and Rural Leadership Class 4, which traveled around the state, to Washington D.C. and to China learning about agriculture. Following graduation from SDARL, Bill was named Class President which allows him to continue to be active and involved in SDARL. Bill has also served on the Phillip School Board for five years, and is currently School Board president.
Bill is married to Penny, who teaches grades K-12 art in Phillip. Bill and Penny have three children. Daughter Belinda graduated from SDSU and currently lives with her husband north of Kadoka where her husband ranches and she works at the bank. Son Brock graduated from Southeast Tech and currently works part time at home on the ranch and also helps out farmers in the Sioux Falls area during the harvest season. Youngest son Bo works full time at home on the ranch where he also has his own set of cows.
Jon VanderPol, Secretary/Treasurer
36548 284th St.
Platte, SD 57369
605-680-0639
email
Scott Jones, Past President
PO Box 206
Midland, SD 57552
605-843-2841
e-mail
Scott ranches with his father Ralph and his brother Barry near Midland and is the fourth generation to operate the family business established in 1892. Jones and his wife Jana have one son, Matt who is the fifth generation to work the ranch. The ranch is a cow-calf operation with a small feedlot utilized for preconditioning of calves and replacement heifer development.
He has been an SDCA director from the Cow/Calf Council, served on the Animal ID Committee and has served as co-chair of SDCA's Membership Committee. Jones currently serves as NCBA Property Rights and Environmental Management Committee Chair as well as serving on NCBA's Governance Task Force. He previously served on NCBA's Check-off Study Group and was NCBA Region 7 Policy Division Nominating Committee member.
Jones has previously been a Haakon County Conservation District Board Supervisor and Director on the Midland Community Fire Protection District Board.
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Region Vice Presidents
Jeff Smeenk -- Western Region Vice President
(includes Black Hills Affiliate)
12771 Orman Rd.
Newell, SD 57760
605-456-0200
Jeff is the 4th generation to live on and operate his family’s farming and ranching operation near Newell. Jeff’s wife Kim and his parents Steve and Kay are all involved in the business. They predominately raise Angus cattle, alfalfa, oat, and grass hay. Jeff and Kim have one daughter, Marlee, who is 4 years old and one son, Trey, who is 1.
In 2007, Jeff was the VP for the Black Hills Cattlemen and also sat on the Board of Directors for SDCA. He was also the 2007 SDCA representative at the Young Cattlemen’s Conference. He is currently the Vice Chair for the Federal Lands Committee and the Western Region VP.
Becky Walth -- Northern Region Vice President
(includes Northern Oahe Affiliate and North Central Affiliate)
13640 Walth Bay Rd.
Glenham, SD 57631
605-762-3371
Becky and her husband, Allen, farm and ranch near the Missouri River in North-Central South Dakota. They have been there for 27 years.
Becky is on the board of directors for the South Dakota Beef Industry Council. She also serves on the National Cattlemen's Beef Association board, where she is on the executive committee for the National Beef Cookoff.
Cory Eich -- Southeastern Region Vice President
(include South Central, McCook Miner Lake, South East, Sioux Basin affiliates)
42681 244th St.
Canova, SD 57321
605-523-2577
Cory has farmed with his wife Leanne for 28 years. He also works with his nephews Kelly and Ben Endorf. The operation includes corn, soybeans, wheat and hay. Cory also has a cow/calf operation where he finishes his own calves. Cory and Leanne have two grown daughters, Rachel lives in Mitchell while Leslie lives in Sioux Falls. A 1981 graduate of SDSU with B.S. degrees in Agriculture Business and Ag Economics, Cory is lifetime member of Epiphany Catholic church and also served as past president of the Canova Co-op where he has also been a nine year board member.
Zay Norman -- Southern Region Vice President
(includes West Central and Rosebud affiliates)
25026 192nd St.
Hayes, SD 57537
605-567-3525
Kirk Olson-- Northeast Region Vice President
(includes North Central, North East, Kingsbury, East Central affiliates)
20108 398th Ave.
Huron, SD 57350
605-352-5127
Kirk is a 4th generation farmer/rancher on the family owned operation located in Beadle County north of Huron, South Dakota. Kirk lives on the home place where the main cattle operation takes place. His nephew, Mike Hunter and his wife Cassy, have been farming with Kirk since 1999. The cattle operation is primarily commercial cow-calf, with the calves being back grounded until the end of January. The commercial herd consists mainly of red angus based cows; charolais bulls are used on the mature herd for terminal cross. The farming and ranching operation also will raise a variety of crops including corn, sunflowers, and soybeans.
Kirk serves as the Regional Vice President of the South Dakota Cattlemen's Association, a Beadle County Farm Bureau Director, along with being chairman of the Fairfield Township Board. After high school, Kirk chose to remain on the family farm and started running the farming and ranching operation full time.
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Council Representatives
Cattle Feeders
John Haverhals, President
605-214-0230
29457 482nd Ave., Hudson, SD 57034
Cow-Calf
Ken Krouse, President
605-363-5176
25295 448th Ave Montrose, SD 57048
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SDCA Board of Directors
Black Hills: Carl Sanders, 605-424-2111
Central: Richard Glanzer, 605-352-7709
Dakota Southern: Chad Cooper, 605-464-1104
East Central: Andy Dupraz, 605-693-3191
Kingsbury County: Warren Rusche, 605-546-0240
McCook-Miner-Lake: Harley Zens, 605-523-2655
North Central: Charlie Hoffman, 605-577-6283
Northeast: Clayton Palmquist, 605-938-4461
Northern Oahe: Bob Jackson, 605-865-3233
Rosebud: Dave Steffen, 605-775-9112
Sioux Basin: Troy Randall, 605-428-4660
South Central: Dennis Gant, 605-337-2564
Southeast:
West Central: Brad Bonhorst, 605-224-1156
Complete Affiliate Contact Information
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