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Heather Gessner

SDSU Extension interim Agriculture and Natural Resources Program Director and Livestock Business Management Field Specialist

605-782-3290

SDSU Extension Sioux Falls Regional Center
4101 W 38th St Ste 103
Sioux Falls, SD 57106

Heather primarily works with farm and ranch families on farm management issues including but not limited to: livestock budgets and marketing, risk management, estate planning, and farm transitions and whole farm business planning.

State & Regional Offices

Sioux Falls Regional Center

Also by Heather Gessner

Group of farm employees and managers gathered at a table.

Building and Retaining a Skilled Agricultural Workforce: Challenges and Strategies

Building a strong, motivated workforce is essential to the future of agriculture. A team from SDSU Extension is exploring the challenges and opportunities facing our agricultural community.

Aerial view of Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Dec 18

Community Conversation: Startup Voices

SDSU Extension and the SDSU Ness School of Management & Economics will host Small Business Voices, a conversation designed to listen, learn, and collaborate, on December 18 from 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. at Startup Sioux Falls in the Arc of Dreams Conference Room (100 E 6th St, Sioux Falls, SD 57104).

Professional portrait of Heather Gessner

SDSU Extension to discuss estate tax at Sustaining the Legacy conferences

December 03, 2025

South Dakota State University Extension will continue to assist farmers and ranchers with long-term planning through its Sustaining the Legacy conferences across South Dakota this winter.