Congratulations to Roger Scheibe who is the new Director of Industry Outreach for the Midwest Dairy Association in South Dakota. Scheibe’s new position includes serving South Dakota dairy producers through a variety of industry programs and activities conducted by the farmer-funded promotion organization. Scheibe will facilitate the South Dakota Division Board as well. He will also lead Midwest Dairy Association’s sustainability initiatives across the organization’s nine-state area.

Scheibe has a long history of working with the dairy industry in South Dakota, including serving as Director of the Agricultural Services Division and Administrator of the Office of Dairy Inspection at the South Dakota Department of Agriculture. Later, he led the Department’s dairy development efforts. He also was the Dairy Services Director at the North Dakota Department of Agriculture and was most recently Vice President of Dairy/Ag Business Development at First Bank and Trust in Brookings.

Scheibe is a graduate of South Dakota State University in Dairy Manufacturing and was raised on a South Dakota dairy farm.