This profile was first featured in the May-June 2025 issue of Soybean Business. Click here to read the digital issue.

It has often been said that farmers wear many hats. When Jeff Rheingans started farming, one of those hats was being a Certified Public Accountant. In fact, he worked as a CPA in Minneapolis before moving back to his home county of Lac qui Parle to farm. 

Rheingans began farming in 1981, growing soybeans, corn, wheat, and raising hogs, with an income tax operation on the side. After about 15 years, when his dad retired from farming, Rheingns dropped the extras and focused his full attention on grain farming.  

Rheingans is now president of the Lac qui Parle County Corn & Soybean Board. He sees value on how the Minnesota Soybean Growers Association has advocated for more than 60 years for new uses, markets and varieties for his soybeans – with the goal of improving on-farm profitability. 

Jeff Rheingans (left) and his wife, Dee, farm in Madison, Minn.

“You look at the markets that I think (MSGA) has worked to develop just in my farming career – it’s just amazing,” he said. “And the new products, like soy diesel, I mean there’s all kinds of uses.” 

Beyond farming, Rheingans is actively involved in his church and the Christian radio ministry PraiseLive of Osakis. His membership in MSGA is helping make connections in his community and giving agriculture a voice. 

“I think we need to one, represent ag to the public well,” he said. “The other thing is, we just need to fight for ag whether it be regulatory or trade.” 

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