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URON — It started out as a hobby for Kim Tschetter, a way to keep his hands busy innovating farm equipment. When Tschetter delved into the entrepreneurial field, he realized he had hit a niche market for farmers.

Meet the Tschetters of Lankota Group, a multifaceted fabrication and warehouse facility that distributes more than 600 products worldwide from its doorstep in Huron.

The business’ drive to deliver solution-based, after-market products for farming equipment and machinery was born in 2001 from the creativity and work ethic of Kim along with his wife, Marvie, and sons, Lance and Dakota, after whom the business was named.

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As a grain farmer near Yale, Kim filled his winter months with repairing and designing equipment in the shop.

When John Deere changed how combine headers hook up, farmers buying new combines who wanted to keep the previous year’s header were tasked with buying an expensive kit to match the two. Instead of buying Deere’s kit, Kim fabricated his own and realized that other farmers could benefit from his ingenuity. What started as a hobby on the side quickly evolved into a family endeavor, with Marvie’s expertise in business management driving the venture forward.

“Dad was the innovator who saw products that needed to be built,” said Lance, who is involved in manufacturing and design at Lankota. “Mom was in charge of the office.”

When Kim wasn’t farming, he’d be in the shop welding and building. If he was out in the field, Marvie, now the Lankota president, would act as receptionist and direct technical support calls to him. In high school at the time, Lance and Dakota were brought on board to help their parents’ rapidly expanding business.

Continued on page 5 LEFT: Dakota, left, and Lance demonstrate how to hook up the stalk stomper. Lankota’s focus is to manufacture solution-based products, such as the stalk stomper, that benefit the agricultural industry.

Continued from page 4 “We’d get home from school, pack orders, and UPS would pick them up,” Lance said. “Both our parents taught us work ethic. We’re extremely thankful for that.”

Word of mouth became the dominant form of advertising, along with the help of a trifold brochure distributed throughout the James River area. Within a few years it became evident that the Tschetters’ four-stall garage substituting as shop and warehouse couldn’t keep up with customer demand.

“We couldn’t make everything in the shop,” Dakota said. “We had to start outsourcing parts.”

‘Built on reputation’ In 2003, the Tschetters reached a fork in the road. The family business venture was too big to be considered a hobby. It was time to sell the business or dive in full-time to manufacturing and leave the farm.

The family collectively took the leap and purchased Larsen Manufacturing, a custom cab fabrication shop in Huron. Now with a complete warehouse and manufacturing floor in place, the Tschetters have diversified their business into a variety of revenue streams. The Lankota Group product line includes industrial cabs and snow blowers, along with the family’s signature after-market products.

“Our product ideas come from our customers,” Dakota said. “They ask if we have a product. That idea goes to our R and D list, and then goes on the shelf as a kit.”

The “stalk stomper” has topped Lankota’s best-selling list during the past four years. As a value-added product that mounts on the back of combine headers, the stalk stomper protects tires by flattening corn stubble. Through its trademark stalk stompers and kits, Lankota has showcased its dedication to create products that provide solutions.

“We’re built on reputation,” Kim said. “We want to deliver a good product that’s effective.”

While farmers are the main customer base of Lankota, the Tschetters are also branching into a new niche market, a venture they’ve called Range Recovery Technologies. With EPA’s recent disclosure of best practices for maintaining shooting ranges, Lankota has developed equipment to recover and recycle lead from berms.

Dakota, who oversees Lankota’s warehouse and shipping, also takes the Range Recovery equipment on the road to salvage lead from shooting range berms.

Despite their avenues of diversification, the Tschetters’ goal remains the same.

“We’ve learned the valuable lesson in sticking to what we know and what we’re good at,” Lance said. “We know agriculture. Those are the things that have worked out well for us.”

The Tschetters claim several factors have given them the competitive edge in a marginally tight industry. Kim’s experience in an end user focus group for corporate John Deere has given him credible experience with his customers. And as a familydriven business, the Tschetters have an intimate understanding of how a team efficiently operates and can react during critical decisions.

“Our culture is very team-oriented,” Dakota said. “Everything we do, it’s never just one person that makes a decision.”

The Tschetters also know that their customer base is essential to their success.

A business built around quality product lines and customer service reflects the Tschetters’ work ethic and farming roots.

“We’re tied to the farmers,” Lance said. “That’s who we rely on.” 

ABOVE RIGHT: The stalk stomper has been Lankota’s top-selling product during the past four years. The stalk stomper mounts on the back of combine headers to flatten corn stubble. BELOW: One of Lankota’s most recent endeavors has focused on salvaging lead from shooting range berms. Range Recover y Technologies is Lankota’s latest effort in diversifying its business structure. – Photos cour tesy of Lankota Group MAY 2016 SOUTH DAKOTA FARM & RANCH 5

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Manage exposure to manure to control Johne’s Disease SOURCE: SDSU Extension

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ROOKINGS — Paying attention to manure exposure is a crucial component in controlling Johne’s Disease in cow-calf herds, explained Professor Russ Daly, SDSU Extension veterinarian and State Public Health Veterinarian.

“It’s the manure that serves as the source of bacteria for uninfected cattle,” Daly said. “Since Johne’s Disease primarily affects the intestine, an infected animal sheds the bacteria (Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis) through their manure.

While often considered a condition of dairy cows, Johne’s Disease has increasingly been identified as a concern for beef producers, Daly explained.

Animals affected by this disease show signs of diarrhea and progressive weight loss, often in the midst of a normal appetite.

“These animals are culled from the herd before they become debilitated, but worse yet, they serve as the source of disease to others within the herd,” Daly said.

He explained that, typically, it’s a young calf that is the most likely to become infected with the bacteria.

“However, Johne’s Disease is such a slowly progressing condition that signs don’t show up until the animal is much older: often 3 to 4 years of age or more,” he said.

Knowing this, Daly said the key to decreasing Johne’s Disease transmission comes down to preventing young stock from coming in contact with manure from potentially infected animals. “Preventing young stock from having excessive contact with manure from the cow herd can seem to be a daunting task, but a critical one if Johne’s Disease is to be controlled within a herd,” Daly said.

Keep calving areas clean While preventing all contact with manure is not feasible in a cow-calf operation, there are some actions that producers can take to reduce this contact.

“Infectious disease transmission often comes down to a numbers game: the fewer bacteria in a calf’s environment, the lower the likelihood of disease,” Daly said. “Anything we can do to reduce these numbers stacks the deck in favor of health over disease.”

The calving area is especially important to prevent transmission of Johne’s Disease.

“Newborn calves are particularly vulnerable to the bacteria entering their bodies, where they begin the slow steady progression to clinical disease that may appear years later,” Daly said.

Risky conditions for calving areas include: use by multiple cows at the same

time (rather than individual pens), manure buildup, dirty conditions that contribute to soiled udders and cows with clinical Johne’s Disease or other illnesses nearby or in the calving area.

As young calves are paired up with their mothers and leave the calving area, exposure to manure remains a threat for the transmission of Johne’s Disease.

Conditions for nursing beef calves that contribute to Johne’s Disease exposure include: cows with clinical Johne’s Disease running with cow-calf pairs on pasture; manure buildup; conditions that contribute to manure contamination of water sources like stock dams and creeks, rather than water tanks; conditions that contribute to manure contamination of feed (feeding on ground rather than in bunks or feeders); cows sick from other illnesses running with cow-calf pairs on pasture; and use of equipment (skid steers, loaders, etc.) contaminated with manure from the cow herd.

As cattle age, Daly explained that their resistance to new infection with Johne’s Disease bacteria increases.

“However, even weaned calves can become infected, particularly if exposure levels are high,” he said.

Because of the typically long incubation period of Johne’s Disease, newly weaned animals destined to become replacement females or bulls are the group of animals of most importance.

Conditions that increase the risk of these animals to become exposed to Johne’s Disease bacteria include: close proximity to or running with the cow herd, particularly if animals affected by Johne’s Disease are present; conditions that contribute to manure contamination of water sources (stock dams and creeks rather than water tanks); conditions that contribute to manure contamination of feed (feeding on ground rather than in bunks or feeders); manure from the cow herd spread on pastures or forages used that same season; and use of equipment (skid steers, loaders, etc.) contaminated with manure from the cow herd.

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Predicting peak forage production with SD drought tools SOURCE: SDSU EXTENSION

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ROOKINGS — Research has shown that April precipitation is one key predictor of growing season forage production in our region.

As spring arrives and livestock producers begin making plans to turn cattle out onto range and pastureland available forage is top of minds. The South Dakota Drought Tool found on the Natural Resources Conservation Service Pasture and Forage website is a

tool livestock producers can use to help predict peak forage production explained Laura Edwards, SDSU Extension climate field specialist.

“This drought tool is best used as a forage supply prediction tool uses precipitation and temperature data and is a great resource for assisting livestock producers with their grazing management decisions,” Continued on page 13 MAY 2016 SOUTH DAKOTA FARM & RANCH 7

Mild but moist spring means no early planting Soil conditions vary throughout state, experts say

By ERIN BECK For South Dakota Farm & Ranch PHOTOGRAPHY BY Erin Beck

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mild spring hasn’t led to early planting in South Dakota. While unusually warm temperatures in March heralded the arrival of an early spring, field work has taken off more slowly.

According to state climatologist Dennis Todey, planting conditions throughout the state are location specific. Moisture from snowfall, late fall and early season spring precipitation has left the eastern and southeast part of the state moist.

“One CCA I talked with is expecting some planting delays in the southeast,” Todey said.

Soil conditions dry out advancing north and west across the state. While the southeast received substantial snowfall, the northern tier of the state had a dry fall with minimal snow during the winter.

Although drier soil conditions allow easier access to fields for planting, it also impacts those areas’ susceptibility to drought.

The recent rainfall sweeping through South Dakota has been a double-edged sword, saturating soils in the eastern part of the state to the point of leaving standing water in some fields. While Todey commented that the heaviest rainfall hasn’t fallen

on the driest areas of the state, it has dropped the amount of color on the U.S. Drought Monitor. Within a week’s time during mid-April the state went from roughly 45 percent within the abnormally dry and moderate drought D0 – D1 range down to about 25 percent.

While the warm temperatures in early March set the month on record as the fourth-warmest statewide, the cooler temperatures at the end of March into early April slowed planting activity. Small grains have been going in throughout April with about 72 percent of spring wheat complete as of April 27, according to the USDA crop progress report. Farmers are now starting on corn with about six percent in the ground, just behind the yearly average of 7 percent.

“Nobody’s really pulled the trigger too much on getting ahead,” Todey said.

Eric Zell says planting has had a slow start in the central part of eastern South Dakota. Zell, who farms south of Cavour, is one of the first farmers to get in the fields and begin planting.

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Continued from page 8 “We have a small pocket here that’s sandy and dry, but you get a ways away from here, the soils are pretty saturated,” Zell said.

Zell predicts that this spring will require some late planting by the time crops are in the ground, especially with the substantial rainfall and colder temperatures that late April has ushered in.

“Soil conditions are pretty cool yet,” Zell said.

“With all the chances of rain, we have got to cover ground.”

Todey foresees that the state will stay relatively wet throughout the rest of the spring. He doesn’t anticipate ongoing dryness to be an issue during the planting season or extending outward.

“For the summer there’s continuing indications that we’ll be warmer than average,” Todey said.

“But we don’t have strong indications that we’ll be drier than average.” 

RIGHT: Eric Zell prepares to head back to the field for planting. Zell, who farms south of Cavour, expects that planting will run late this spring due to saturated soils. BOTTOM: Standing water has been a common sight in much of central and eastern South Dakota during mid to late April. Cooler soil temperatures and precipitation have slowed farmers from getting into the fields for spring planting.

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Animal lab gives MTI students hands-on experience

By JAKE SHAMA South Dakota Farm & Ranch

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itchell Technical Institute students are getting a first-hand look at ranch life thanks to the school’s animal lab.

According to MTI’s Agriculture and Transportation Division Head Lori Repenning, who owns the ranch that doubles as the animal lab, students get first-hand experience of the challenges facing beef producers, including calving, castrating, tattooing, dehorning and taking care of sick animals.

“We try to expose them to a little bit of everything,” Repenning said. “It’s truly fun to teach them.”

Repenning, a former veterinarian of 20 years, said she wanted to teach her students what issues require immediate veterinary attention and which ones do not, and according to a former student, animal lab participants learn some practices that are normally reserved for veterinary school.

“We learned things like (pregnancy) checking cattle, freeze branding, things like that, that usually your vet does, but now going through the program, now we can do that because we learned it at school,” said Riley Zoss, an alumni of the agriculture technology program.

Zoss, 22, of Letcher, graduated from MTI in 2014.

He lives on his family’s farm, helping with a cow/calf and feedlot operation, but he spends his days as MTI’s agriculture and engineering admissions representative.

Students in Mitchell Technical Institute’s agriculture technology program get handson experience at the school’s animal lab, a cattle ranch owned

by Lori Repenning, division head for the program’s agriculture and transportation division.

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Zoss said the animal lab is geared around animal reproduction, overall animal health and how to efficiently manage a cattle operation. Coming from an agricultural background, Zoss expected the animal lab to be mostly review, but he was surprised.

“I kind of went in thinking that I knew a lot about animal science, and I thought it would just kind of be a review, but once I got into the program, I learned a lot of things that I didn’t know prior to going to Mitchell Tech and getting an ag technology degree,” Zoss said.

Repenning said the program is split into fall and spring classes, and about 20 students at a time travel to her 250-cow ranch 6 miles southeast of campus for about three hours each week.

The agriculture technology program has been running for decades, Repenning said, and students were using the animal lab long before she started teaching at MTI four years ago, though the lab was hosted on another faculty member’s farm before she arrived.

The lab is optional, but Repenning said all of the roughly 90 agriculture technology students choose to take part in either the animal lab or the school’s land lab, which allows them to use county-owned land west of the fairgrounds and near the Poet ethanol plant for an agronomy emphasis.

“It’s just so much easier for them to learn when they

get to actually do it. They get to try different methods that maybe grandpa or their dad use or don’t use at home, so they can see what they’re most comfortable with,” Repenning said.

Repenning said some students have rich backgrounds in agriculture, and some are seeing it all for the first time, so the animal lab also gives the students a chance to help each other.

MTI’s animal lab is not the only hands-on animal science program in the state. Repenning said Lake Area Tech in Watertown and South Dakota State University in Brookings also have cattle.

SDSU offers four-year programs, but while MTI and LAT’s programs only last two years, Repenning said the students are “getting a lot of education in a short time” and are probably getting the same jobs as graduates of four-year schools.

According to Zoss, the animal lab at MTI provides the best hands-on agricultural experience available.

“Our students at Mitchell Tech are getting that firsthand experience out there,” Zoss said. “Whether you want to head back to the family farm or operation, or you want to pursue a degree in animal science, that first-hand experience is as good as you’re going to find.” 

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Continued from page 7 Edwards said. “The S.D. Drought Tool is a great resource to help inform planning decisions. There are other ways to monitor forage production, but this is one great tool livestock producers can keep in their tool box.”

The website also features maps of the current drought condition, according to their data analysis, and maps that show the estimated July 1 Peak Forage Production.

Edwards said that the information is updated at least monthly, and more often in the spring season.

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The S.D. Drought Tool link on NRCS website, connects producers with an Excel sheet they can use to estimate forage production at their own location.

“The S.D. Drought Tool is a research-based, online calculator that assists producers in estimating forage production each season,” Edwards explained. “It takes into account climatology of precipitation, the measured amount of monthly precipitation over the last two years, as well as other factors.”

Each month the data is weighted according to field research that has helped to determine critical months of precipitation for forage production in our state.

Teaming up with SDSU Extension, SDSU ag research stations and other partners, the S.D. Drought Tool allows producers to select a weather station near them, or enter their own monthly precipitation totals, for a local estimate of forage peak production and current drought status, Edwards explained.

“If you have not used this tool before, just give it a try. Instructions provided on the website are easy to follow with the resulting summary page providing livestock producers with color-coded drought status, anticipated forage and hayland production, as a percent of average production.”

She added that the site also features tips for managing a potential drought situation and developing a contingency plan, if desired.

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USDA expands safety net for dairy operations Margin Protection Program participants can add next-generation family members SOURCE: USDA

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ASHINGTON, D.C. — Agriculture Secretary

Tom Vilsack today announced that dairy farms participating in the Margin Protection Program can now update their production history when an eligible family member joins the operation.

The voluntary program, established by the 2014 farm bill, protects participating dairy producers when the margin — the difference between the price of milk and feed costs — falls below levels of protection selected by the applicant.

“This change not only helps to strengthen a family dairy operation, it also helps new dairy farmers get started in the family business, while ensuring that safety net coverage remains available for these growing farms,” said Vilsack. “When children, grandchildren or their spouses become part of a dairy operation that is enrolled in MPP, the production from the dairy cows they bring with them into the business can now be protected. By strengthening the farm safety net, expanding credit options and growing domestic and foreign markets, USDA is committed to helping American farming operations remain successful.”

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency published a final rule which makes these changes effective on April 13. Any dairy operation already enrolled in the Margin Protection Program that had an intergenerational transfer occur will have an opportunity to increase the dairy operations production history during the 2017 registration and annual coverage election period. The next

election period begins on July 1 and ends on Sept.

30. For intergenerational transfers occurring on or after July 1, notification must be made to the FSA within 60 days of purchasing the additional cows.

Each participating dairy operation is authorized one intergenerational transfer at any time of its choosing until 2018.

For $100 a year, dairy producers can receive basic catastrophic protection that covers 90 percent of milk production at a $4 margin coverage level. For additional premiums, operations can protect 25 to 90 percent of production history with margin coverage levels from $4.50 to $8, in 50 cent increments. Annual enrollment in the program is required in order to receive margin protection. The final rule also provides improved risk protection for dairy farmers that pay premiums to buy-up higher levels of coverage by clarifying that 90 percent of production is covered below the $4 level even if a lower percentage was selected above the $4 margin.

Earlier this year, FSA gave producers the opportunity to pay their premium through additional options including via their milk cooperative or handler. This rule facilitates those options and also clarifies that the catastrophic level protection at $4 will always cover 90 percent of the production history, even if a producer selected a less than a 90 percent percentage for the buy-up coverage.

Assuming current participation, had the Margin Protection Program existed from 2009 to 2014, premiums and fees would have totaled $500

million while providing producers with $2.5 billion in financial assistance, nearly $1 billion more than provided by the old Milk Income Loss Contract program during the same period.

The Margin Protection Program was established by the 2014 farm bill, which builds on USDA’s historic investments in rural America over the past seven years. Since 2009, USDA has worked to strengthen and support American agriculture, an industry that supports one in 11 American jobs, provides American consumers with more than 80 percent of the food we consume, ensures that Americans spend less of their paychecks at the grocery store than most people in other countries, and supports markets for homegrown renewable energy and materials.

USDA has provided $5.6 billion of disaster relief to farmers and ranchers; expanded risk management tools with products like to Whole Farm Revenue Protection; helped farm businesses grow with $36 billion in farm credit; provided $4.32 billion in critical agricultural research; established innovative public-private conservation partnerships such as the Regional Conservation Partnership Program; developed new markets for rural-made products, including more than 2,500 biobased products through USDA’s BioPreferred program; and invested $64 billion in infrastructure, housing and community facilities to help improve quality of life in rural America. For more information, visit www.usda.gov/ results. 

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ROOKINGS — The South Dakota FFA Foundation named the annual “FFA Family of the Year” award, honoring a family’s long term involvement in the SD FFA/Agriculture Education program. The 2015 recipient of this award is the Wally and Kathy Knock family, including Wally and Kathy, along with their children and their spouses: Eric and Roxanne, Jared and Kati, Ashley and Tony, and Jennifer and Joe, as well as future FFA members Rylee, RaeAnna, Rielle, Millie, Ansley and Addy.

The award was presented on April 10 during the State FFA Convention in Brookings.

“The purpose of this award is to recognize a South Dakota FFA family that has gone the extra-mile for the FFA at the local and state levels through their words and deeds. The actions of the entire Knock family through multiple generations have modeled the FFA mission ... developing premier leadership, personal growth and career success through agriculture education. We are glad we could recognize them with this special award,” said Gerri Ann Eide, S.D. FFA Foundation executive director.

The S.D. FFA Foundation presented each Knock family group with an “FFA Family of the Year” photo frame and thank you for their tremendous impact on agriculture education and FFA in South Dakota. The FFA Family of the Year award is sponsored by the S.D. FFA Foundation.

The Knocks have been very active at the chapter, state, and national levels of FFA. They put the phrase from the FFA Creed, “a faith, born not of words but of deeds” into action. Wally and Kathy own and operate a grain and livestock farm by Willow Lake. They have actively supported FFA for more than 40 years.

As the parents of four past FFA members of the Willow Lake FFA chapter, and Wally a past Willow Lake FFA member himself, their association with the blue corduroy jackets spans decades. Wally and Kathy are both active supporters of their local FFA chapter and actively support each project, class and activity offered.

The Knocks frequently help judge state proficiencies and star awards, provide an extra hand at the State Fair, and hand out awards at convention. Several volunteered numerous years assisting with state convention preparation and execution, coaching students, and never said no when asked to tackle a task.

Jared currently serves as the state chairman for the junior parliamentary procedure career development event (CDE), Roxanne serves as state chairman for the public speaking CDE, and Eric and Kati serve as judges for various areas. Jared and Kati employ a high school FFA member during the summer, which serves as the student’s SAE project, and has been an influence in teaching this student aspects of agriculture that otherwise wouldn’t be exposed to.

Kati has recently stepped up to serve on the FFA State Fair building planning committee. They are all verbal advocates for agriculture education/FFA and all it can do for young people. They never miss an opportunity to share with others how their lives have been positively influenced by Agriculture Education and FFA. The Knock family has sponsored state career development events and supported and provided for other needs of the S.D. FFA Foundation, in addition to encouraging others to step up with funds when needed.

Willow Lake FFA adviser Dan Tonak said, “The Knocks are a family that every FFA Chapter wishes for as far as a family support system. They have given 100 percent of themselves physically, mentally and emotionally to the FFA organization throughout the years. Early on Wally and Kathy instilled an interest in their four children to excel in the FFA. The whole family was instrumental in the ongoing success of the Willow Lake FFA chapter over a span of 15 years due to their dedication and hard work.

Their passion for helping the younger generation believe in the future of agriculture is boundless. I am blessed to have their support and leadership within our local FFA

The Wally & Kathy family receive the FFA Family of the Year award April 10, during the State FFA Convention in Brookings. – Photo cour tesy of the South Dakota FFA Foundation chapter as well as to call them my friends.”

Wally, Eric, Roxanne, Jared, Ashley and Jennifer were all active local members, applied for proficiencies, served as chapter officers, and all went on to earn the State and American FFA Degrees. Five family members participated on a state-winning CDE team, advancing to the national level as high school students. In addition, they had Star Finalist projects, six served as district officers, three as state officers and one ran for National FFA office. Each put their heart into influencing and inspiring other young people through their opportunity to serve the FFA organization. More important than any titles they held are the examples of leadership they set, serving as role models for students in the organization.

“During our experiences in the FFA, we developed lifelong friendships, cultivated pertinent and valuable skill sets, refined our leadership and speaking abilities, and were offered a chance to serve something greater than ourselves. It was an enormously positive and rewarding experience that I am thankful for to this day,” says Jared Knock.

Family members continue to promote FFA through their actions, participating in chapter and state activities, and supporting others who are involved. They always take time to listen and find ways to answer a question, help with a project or fill out an application. Each member of the Knock family is a role model that everyone can look up to, and they inspire younger FFA members to become more active.

The Knocks also give their time to several other local and state organizations. Wally served on the Willow Lake school board many years, several as president, and his support for the ag program/FFA chapter during that time was unwavering. He is currently on the Board of Directors for South Dakota Wheat Growers, Dakotaland Feeds, South Dakota Value Added and active with the National Association of Farm Co-ops.

Kathy has served on the Rosedale Township board and local church board. Wally, Kathy, Eric, Roxanne, Jared, Kati, Ashley, Tony, Jennifer and Joe all work in the agricultural industry or rural services sector, and all actively seek ways to help educate and support agriculture education and FFA chapters throughout their careers. 

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IMBALL — A strong mind and will coupled with good old South Dakota farming know-how helped Jim Hallman survive his tour of duty in Korea.

“It affects you,” Hallman said of war. “But you gotta keep a strong mind and just can’t take too much too seriously.”

The 87-year-old Korean War veteran was among the more than 450 South Dakota veterans who received the Ambassador for Peace Medal in January from the people of Korea.

The medal is the country’s way of thanking the veterans who helped the Republic of Korea maintain its democracy and freedom, according to the proclamation that accompanies the medal.

Born in 1929 to a farm family, Hallman knew nothing else. He’s a farmer through and through, and remains active on his farm although his son, Duane, has taken over.

They run a cow/calf operation, but also raise corn and soybeans. They also have a few chickens and a flock of turkeys roaming the property in rural Kimball.

Hallman was 25 when he was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1951. At the time, he farmed with his father.

On the side, he hunted and trapped animals.

Not one of the ‘city boys’

TOP: Jim Hallman looks through pictures from his time ser ved in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. BOTTOM: Hallman stands outside an ammunition bunker in South Korea.– Photo cour tesy of Jim Hallman

“When I went through basic training, the city guys, they started out training them with wooden guns,” Hallman said. “To me that was silly, because I knew all about guns.”

He credits his mechanical and common sense knowledge gained from farming for keeping him alive in Korea.

During his approximately two years in the Army, Hallman served in the 57th Field Artillery, 7th Division, C-Battery. He and several others operated and maintained 105mm Howitzer guns.

Most times, Hallman and fellow soldiers positioned and operated the Howitzers. But there were times Hallman operated the huge gun on his own. At each site chosen for the Howitzer, they would build an ammo bunker out of sandbags, a bunker for the gun and a bunker for themselves.

In building the bunkers, Hallman said they used anything they could find for support beams and walls like fallen trees, logs and empty shell boxes.

Hallman’s farming experience often came in handy and one particular day, it enabled him to save a truckload of soldiers. The soldiers were attempting to cross a fairly shallow river in a truck, but the truck stalled three-quarters of the way across, said Hallman.

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CLUB CONNECT The following is a roundup of events and activities by various FFA and 4-H clubs in the region: Bowdle FFA Chapter

South Dakota FFA

The Advanced Animal Science Class at Bowdle High School has been studying Poultry Science. Chicken Embryology has been part of the last portion of the curriculum and the students have successfully been hatching chicks. They have been excited to name the eggs, learn how to candle eggs and closely watch their development. The class includes these students: Maria Beadle, Kristen Hoffman, Payton Eisenbiesz, Rachel Schlecter, McKlay Pettigrew, Sam Frickson, Trent Kopecky, Kalen Geier and Sam Frickson.

South Dakota FFA elected their 2016-2017 State Officers.

Flandreau FFA Blake Kontz, a sophomore at Flandreau Public School, was selected as the South Dakota State Star Greenhand Degree Recipient at the S.D. FFA Convention on April 11. Blake’s Supervised Agricultural Experience includes ownership of 26 heifers, one bull, three rodeo/stock horses and working for Triple K farms. Blake purchased 16 head of heifers in early 2015. Those heifers are calving now. He then purchased another 11 head of heifers that will calve in 2017.

With the advisement of his parents, he rented pasture and purchases feed for the animals with his own money. The work for Triple K farms includes chores in the feeder cattle operation and producing corn and soybeans.

Blake’s goal is to eventually own and operate a 2,000-head feeder cattle Above: Left to right: Award sponsor; Josh operation along with 200 head of cow/ Christiansen, Flandreau FFA adviser; calf pairs. The State Star Greenhand Blake Kont, award recipient; Brad Kontz, award is the first in Flandreau school recipient’s father; and Kelly Kontz, mother. history.

Parker FFA Chapter On April 18, we held our end-of-year banquet, and the members were recognized for all their hard work throughout the year. Andy Leber is the 2016 District III Star in Agriculture placement and was a State Star in Agricultural Placement finalist. Andy also was a silver place winner in the Diversified Agricultural Proficiency and Gold secondplace ranking in the Dairy Production Proficiency.

Travis Leber is the 2016 District III Star Greenhand award and State Star Greenhand Finalist. Parker FFA is proud of its five seniors who applied for the state FFA degrees. The recipients are Andy Leber, Dusty Dykstra, Becky Johnson, Jared Leisinger and Dani Geis.

Also, members of Parker FFA worked hard studying for their spring CDEs in March and April, and many members received awards at the State FFA Convention.

The members also help in many ways throughout the community and are learning to build strong relationship with community, who, in turn, help them prepare for their CDEs. The banquet was wrapped up by welcoming our new officer team, consisting of President Emily Berens, Vice-President Travis Leber, Secretary Blake Olson, Treasurer Nick Thon, Reporter Sami Menning, Sentinel Jordan Ide, Student Adviser Kyle Buseman and Jr. High Rep. Breanna Reynolds.

Above: Parker FFA Chapter with its many awards at the State FFA Convention.

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Right: President: Alison Simon, Gettysburg; Vice President: Kaitlyn Schmeichel, Tri Valley; Secretary: Logan Hoffman, Bridgewater-Emery; Treasurer: Andrew Streff, McCook Central; Reporter: Jaclynn Knutson, Viborg Hurley; and Sentinel: Sydnie Peters, Winner.

Deuel FFA The following are the results from the FFA State Convention, including all team placings and top 20 individuals: Food Science – fourth, Brittany Greene – fifth and Haley Brown – 14th; Livestock – fifth, Becca Bauman – 14th; Horse – sixth, Sadie Bingham – fifth, Miranda DeBoer – 15th; Dairy Cattle – 11th; Dairy Foods –12th, Michael Engebretson – 11th; Agronomy – 21st; Ag Business Management – 23rd; Ag Mech – 27th; Veterinary Science – 29th; and Floriculture – 39th.

We also had five students receive proficiency money for their SAE (record book) projects and four seniors receive their FFA State Degree. (See attached photos) Thank you for your continued support of the Deuel FFA. Please remember the Annual Chapter Banquet was at 6:30 p.m. May 2 in the small gym.

Top: State degree recipients: Shiann Spilde, Nicole Goens, Georgialee Quail and Rachel Baer. Bottom: Proficiency finalists: Back row: Mikalyn Pershind and Haley Brown. Front row: Brittany Knutson, Stephanie Ponto and Jake DeBoer.

Happy Youngsters 4-H The Happy Youngsters 4-H Club visited Edgewood Vista on April 17 and tied nine fleece blankets alongside some of the residents. Material for the blankets was purchased with a donation given to the club in memory of Dene Gullickson, who was an avid supporter of 4-H and whose children were members of the Happy Youngsters 4-H Club. The fleece blankets will be donated to Edgewood Vista, Riverview Health Services and ICAP. Left: Pictured are members of Happy Youngsters 4-H Club with Edgewood residents, (from left): Verna LaLonde, Sheri Sass, Joyce Schroeder, Janet Johnson (standing), Catherine Teer and James Fogarty.

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Continued from page 19 “I saw they wouldn’t get out of there, so I waded across and told them to take the fan belt off,” Hallman said. “We’d had the same trouble at home. I told them that way the fan doesn’t through the water all over and drown out the motor. Boy, they were really happy.”

The sergeant in charge of the group said Hallman deserved a medal for helping them, but Hallman never put in for a medal.

The lack of any experience he saw in “city boys” during the Korean War still amazes Hallman.

During cold weather, many would use gasoline to start fires in barrels to stay warm. One particular soldier set the gas can too close to the fire and a higherranking officer told him to move it. The soldier threw the gas can out of the way and gasoline splashed all over him. The gasoline made contact with flame and the soldier caught fire.

With quick thinking, Hallman tossed a net over the man and put out the fire.

“For me, it wasn’t like a lot of the other soldiers.

They came out of cities and didn’t know much about the outdoors,” Hallman said. “For me, I hunted. I trapped. I knew all about guns. It was easy for me.

But, it was a lot of work over there.”

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Jim Hallman, 87, was among the more than 450 South Dakota Korean War veterans who received the Ambassador for Peace Medal in Januar y from the Republic of Korea

the front lines. Each day, he and his fellow soldiers moved their Howitzers. He said when the enemy shot at them, they’d shoot back and then move to another location.

“You think about (the extreme danger),” Hallman said. “But you can’t let it bother you. And they reminded you pretty much every day about it.”

Aside from moving the huge gun several times a day, Hallman said lugging the 50-pound shells and hundreds of sandbags a day was also a workout. He said they all stayed pretty fit while in Korea.

Delayed appreciation “I never thought I’d received the medal,” Hallman said of the Ambassador of Peace Medal. “I thought, ‘Great! They respect and appreciate what we did.’ “ Hallman said it wasn’t that way in America when he returned from war in May 1953, honorably discharged with the rank of corporal. Mostly, people didn’t say anything to him when he returned from Korea. He said it was tough even to get people to say hello to him and other veterans. But, they showed little to no interest about the war.

“It was tough coming back, because most of the people acted like they didn’t care,” Hallman said.

“That was the hardest part. They didn’t seem to have gratitude.”

Hallman didn’t expect to be lauded for his time overseas, but thought perhaps someone would thank him for his service, or at least ask what the war was like.

“I served proudly,” he said. “But I came back and got on with farming.”

After he returned from service, he met his wife, Dorothy. They’ve now been married 61 years and have 15 children, he said.

In the years after the war, Hallman said he knew other veterans who committed suicide.

Hallman himself turned to alcohol for a few years.

However, he soon realized how his actions were affecting his children, and he made the decision to quit.

His wife, Dorothy, said Hallman rarely drank or was drunk at home, but the kids still knew what was happening. She said Hallman’s decision to quit drinking was gradual and it improved their lives greatly.

For the first few years of their marriage, Hallman worked for farmers West River near Kennebec, Presho and Reliance. Then he started working with his dad again back north of Kimball.

He remains on the farm today, being as active as he can, despite his physical struggles.

He’s still in awe of the fact he received the Ambassador of Peace Medal more than 60 years after he served in Korea.

Although he was unable to attend the event in January at the Capitol in Pierre, Hallman said Kimball’s local American Legion representative delivered his medal to his home.

Hallman maintains his skills gained as a farmer and rural South Dakota resident served him well and ensured his survival to continue farming for the rest of his life.

“I think being on the farm helped what I was doing in the service, but not vice versa,” Hallman said. 

LEFT to RIGHT (CLOCKWISE): Jim Hallman is pictured next to a Howitzer gun with a shell placed in the barrel.; Jim Hallman stands in front of a 105mm Howitzer gun. He operated these guns as a member of the 57th Field Artiller y, 7th Division, C-Batter y.; This is the entrance to an ammunition bunker Hallman and his fellow soldiers would build for each site at which they positioned the Howitzer gun.; This photo gives the idea of how large the Howitzer shells were.

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