Steve Schweisberger
Steve will be speaking on Thursday, August 22, 2024 at Pay Dirt IN-Field
Steve Schweisberger is a native of Bremen where he was active in the Bremen FFA and a ten year 4-H member in Marshall County. Steve was raised on, and is now a partner in, the family’s centennial farm north of Bremen. The Schweisberger family farms approximately 1,000 acres of corn and soybeans. In the 70’s and early 80’s they had a small hog farrow-to-finish operation with 24 sows. After graduating from Bremen High School, Steve was a welder by trade for five years. In 1987, Steve was hired as an Erosion Control Technician in a new DNR program called “T By 2000”. This involved working with farmers in Elkhart, St. Joseph and Marshall Counties, through the county SWCD to implement erosion control practices such as grass waterways, WASCOB’s, terraces, etc. During this time, counties were tasked by the state to designate “Highly Erodible” and “Wetland Areas” on farm sites. In 1989, Steve joined the Elkhart County Surveyor’s Office as the Deputy Surveyor. His primary function is to evaluate and manage maintenance concerns on County Regulated Drains, as well as providing technical assistance on private drainage issues within Elkhart County.
