ABERDEEN, S.D.(Press Release)- The Ag Committee of the Aberdeen Area Chamber of Commerce invites applications for the 2025 Farm Family of the Year Award. The award honors a farm family who represents farming & ranching and the spirit of agriculture in northeastern South Dakota. To be eligible for the award, recipients must be actively engaged in farming or ranching, with the majority of income derived from production agriculture and they must complete an entry online at: https://form.jotform.com/251753837323056 by August 31, 2025.
Once all applications have been received, members of the Ag Committee will review and select winner from the entries received. The Farm Family of the Year Award will be presented during the Chamber’s annual Field to Fork event to be held on September 18th at the Brown County Fairgrounds Clubhouse.
Past winners have included:
2011 –Wiliam & Kathy Roe Family
2012 – John & Geraldine and Jeff & Rachel Kippley Family
2013 – David & Janet Nelson Family
2014 – John & Nicole Ellingson Family
2015 – Daryl & Lisa Streckfuss Family
2016 – LeRoy & Janet Weiszhaar Family
2017 – Kerry & Mara Hart Family
2018 – Don & Hazel Schaunaman Family
2019 – John & Stephanie Jung/Lazy J Bar Ranch
2022 – Craig & Peggy Bieber/Bieber Red Angus
2023 – Aaron & Nina Vilhauer Family/Vilhauer Ranch
2024 – Clint & Kelly Brandlee Family/Back Forty Beef.
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