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.