Our Team

Cory comes to Yost Farm from Greenwald, MN. He is a manager and a partner in Swift Pumping, a manure pumping business affiliated with the farm. When not pumping manure, he can be found around the farm working with seed, fertilizer, and chemical. Cory is a graduate of South Dakota State University. He enjoys golf and snowmobiling. Cory’s wife, Kennedy, is employed at Clarus Dermatology.

Anthony is a Washington state native who began working at Yost Farm in 2016. He is a manager and a partner in Swift Pumping. He has a variety of roles on the farm including coordinating our feed ingredient trucks. Anthony is a South Dakota State University graduate and is a member of the Murdock Fire Department. When not on the farm, he can be found back in Washington snowboarding or practicing his swing on the golf course.

Bennett is part of a father-son trucker driving team at Yost Farm. He drives a tri-axle live bottom truck hauling by products from ethanol and corn processing plants to the Riverview dairy sites. Bennett occasionally hauls loads of separated solids from the Riverview sites to other dairies and retail nurseries in the Twin Cities.

Jeff, along with son Bennett, joined Yost Farm in 2009. Jeff runs a tri-axle live bottom truck hauling feed ingredients from several processing plants in Minnesota and North Dakota. Jeff lives on the farm he up on grew up on near Kerkhoven, MN.

Matt is a Redwood County native and started at Yost Farm in 2010. He has a lead role in coordinating the repair work on the farm and for CY Harvesting. Matt is a talented operator who helps train new team members on how to operate the different types of equipment. He is a partner in CY Harvesting, a graduate of Ridgewater College and Deputy Chief of the Pennock Fire Department.

Chad joined Yost Farm in 2020 after years of operating his own farm. He has a wealth of production agriculture experience and has been a mentor to several of our team members. Chad is another local from Chippewa County. He is a North Dakota State University graduate who is on the Boondocks Rescue Squad.

Kevin and Lundberg Farms transitioned into a partnership with Yost Farm in 2020. He brings decades of farming experience and coordinates the day-to-day activities of our operation. His years of growing sugar beets is a great asset to our farm. Kevin and his wife Sue live on Norway Lake and he is a graduate of Ridgewater College.

Tom lives near his hometown of Benson, MN. He has several years of experience driving truck and operating farm equipment. He began as a truck driver, today he spends more of his time repairing and operating farm equipment.

Dave started at the farm in 2022. He has driven truck for number of years and hauls feed ingredients from area processing plants to the Riverview Dairy sites. Dave enjoys hunting, fishing, and playing poker.

Ben grew up near Willmar, MN where he currently lives and is a graduate of Ridgewater College. Ben’s responsibilities include planting, applying pesticides and harvesting sugar beets. A former high school hockey player, he can often be found at the Willmar hockey arena during the winter.

Brooke is a South Dakota native who joined Yost Farm in 2023. She is our office manager who is responsible for accounting and Conservis data. She and her family live next door to our farm. Brooke is a member of the Murdock First Responders.

Jay lives with his family in Clinton, MN. Jay and his dog, Duke, are part of our team that hauls feed ingredients to the Riverview dairy sites. Jay recently retired from the Clinton fire department after 22 years.

Carson is a native of nearby Pope County and a graduate of Ridgewater College. He did an internship at Yost Farm and started full time employment in the spring of 2023. He does both trucking and farm work.

Jim Radermacher is our agronomist. He has years of experience in crop production including running his own farm, crop consulting and working at several cooperatives including Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative. Former Marine, Jim and his wife Jenneifer, a registered nurse, live south of Willmar.

Jordan is employed by the farm’s affiliate Dublin Services. He is one of our truck drivers who hauls feed ingredients from plants in Minnesota and eastern North Dakota to Riverview dairy sites in western Minnesota. Jordan and Father Jay are our second father-son team here at the farm. He and his wife Rachel live in Montevideo where she is a member of the Montevideo Police Department.

Mike brings years of construction experience to our farm.  He and his family are farming partners with us.  Mike operates planting, pesticide application and harvesting equipment on the farm.  He and his wife Katie who is a radiation therapist at Rice Hospital live near Kerkhoven, where they tend bee hives in their spare time.

Alex is a native of Clinton, Minnesota, he joins his dad and brother as Dublin Services drivers.  He hauls feed ingredients to various Riverview sites in are area.   Alex is a stock car enthusiast; he races his car at several tracks in western Minnesota.

Maddy has worked for years parttime at our farm and joined our team full time in the fall of 2024.  She drives truck and operates farm equipment; she is a grain cart specialist.  Maddy is taking courses for a degree in Construction Management.

Libby is a graduate of KMS and joined our team full time after working on the farm for several years (following the in the footsteps of her sister).  She drives truck and farm equipment.  Libby lives with her family near Pennock.

Nathan is a Willmar native who has worked mechanic for both a truck and farm equipment dealerships.  His time is divided between shop work and running farm equipment and trucks.  Nathan is a member of the Minnesota National Guards.