The Berreth family has owned their farm since 1902. Jim Berreth’s father purchased it in 1947, and Jim grew up there before graduating from high school in Eureka, South Dakota. He went on to attend South Dakota State University, where he met his wife, Lori. After college, he worked for three years as a loan officer at the Federal Land Bank. In 1981, when his father retired, Berreth returned to take over the farm.