About SDWC

Staff

Randy L Englund, Executive Director
(renglund@sdwheat.org)
Carolyn Theobald, Accountant/Office Manager
(ctheobald@sdwheat.org )
Mary Ellen Wagner, Product Promotion Director
( mewagner@sdwheat.org )

South Dakota Wheat Commission

Box 54
116 North Euclid
Pierre, SD 57501
605-773-4645
info@sdwheat.org

Commissioners

According to SDCL 38-10, the South Dakota Wheat Commission
is composed of five members who:

Are landowning residents of South Dakota;
Are at least twenty-five years of age;
Are actively engaged in growing wheat in the state for a period
of at least five years; and
Derive a substantial portion of their income from growing wheat.
Commissioners are appointed by the Governor based upon nominations from wheat producers.
They serve three years terms and no
Commissioner shall serve more than four consecutive terms.

Officers for the 2012-2013 year are:

Chaiman - Darrell Davis
Vice Chairman - Clint Vanneman
Secretary - Leo Warrington
Treasurer - Chet Edinger
Member-at-Large - Terry Hand

More information about individual commissoner's is available on the Comissioner's Page

Commissioners L. to R. Terry Hand, Chet Edinger, Clinton Vanneman, Darrell Davis and Leo Warrington.

We're the South Dakota Wheat Commission

The South Dakota Wheat Commission was established pursuant to the enabling legislation known as the South Dakota Wheat Resources Act passed in 1961. The Act declared it to be the public policy of the state of South Dakota to protect and foster the health, prosperity and general welfare of its people by protecting and stabilizing the wheat industry and the economy of the areas producing wheat.

South Dakota Wheat Commission meets the objectives of this policy through its Mission Statement: STABILIZATION AND PROFITABILITY OF THE SOUTH DAKOTA WHEAT INDUSTRY THROUGH RESEARCH, MARKET DEVELOPMENT AND PROMOTION.

Within this site you will find a wealth of information (details as to where check-off dollars are spent, educational materials that people are encouraged to use to their benefit, etc.) as the Commission pursues its mission of research, market development and promotion.

Official Minutes:

November 28, 2011
October 5, 2011
September 7, 2011
August 17, 2011
June 14 and 15, 2011
April 20, 2011
April 6, 2011
February 24, 2011
January 6, 2011

Mission Statement

South Dakota Wheat Resource Act enacted by the 1961 Legislature states, "to protect and foster the health, prosperity and general welfare of its people by protecting and stabilizing the wheat industry and the economy of the areas producing wheat," requires the establishment of a state wheat commission for the purpose of discovery, promotion, and the development of markets and industries for the utilization of wheat (SDCL 38-10-01. Legislative intent.)

The South Dakota Wheat Commission mission statement is to stabilize and improve South Dakota's wheat industry through research, market development and education.

Export Market Development - Through U.S. Wheat Associates, the Commission cooperates with 15 other states and the Foreign Ag Service to promote U.S. wheat in over 100 countries around the world.
Research - Higher yielding, better quality disease resistant varieties allow farmers to produce more and higher quality wheat.
Domestic Promotion - Convincing U.S. consumers to eat more wheat foods because of their health benefits, variety and convenience, is increasing consumption each year.