Scott Stahl

Scott Stahl

SD Corn Growers Association

District 8

Scott Stahl of Bridgewater said he chose farming as a profession because it provides an opportunity to work with his family.

“It is a true blessing for my wife and me to raise our boys on a farm,” Stahl said. “I enjoy the feeling of watching things grow, and I am humbled to be a steward of God’s creation. And I enjoy being able to be a small part of feeding the world.”

A third-generation family farmer from western McCook County, he farms with his dad, Charles. The farming operation consists of corn, soybeans, oats, a calf-cow operation, a feedlot and custom fertilizer spreading. Scott purchased his first farm in 2006 and began farming full-time in 2013. He worked at The First National Bank in Sioux Falls from 2007 to 2013.

Stahl is a graduate of Bridgewater High School and Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa, where he earned a degree in business finance and agribusiness. He said the most important issue facing today’s corn farmers is maintaining positive margins in an increasingly competitive global supply-and-demand market.

Stahl is a member of the Syngenta Agri-Edge Advisory Board, attended the Farm Credit Young and Beginning Farmer Conference, is a Pioneer Next Generation Producer and serves on the Northwestern College AgriBusiness Department advisory board. He also serves on his church board, is an Awana leader and is a member of the Bridgewater-Emery School Foundation Board.

He and his wife, Amanda, have five children: Landon, James, Harrison and twins, Caroline and Camden. He likes to spend his spare time with his family, reading and golfing.