Aaberg, Herman C., 1902-

American Farm Bureau Federation administrator, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Iowa, county agricultural agent, and farmer. Herman C. Aaberg received a two-year, non-collegiate agriculture certificate from Iowa State University in 1924. He served as supervisor of the Lake Mills-Scarville [Iowa] Cow Testing Association from 1925-1926, then became county agricultural agent for Winnebago County, Iowa, where he completed a project to eradicate tuberculosis in livestock. Winnebago County was the first county in Iowa to be declared tuberculosis-free.

In 1931, Aaberg left his position to farm in Pocahontas County, Iowa. He returned to extension work in 1932 when he was named county agricultural agent for Sioux County, Iowa. In 1933 he was named Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for the state of Iowa, a position he held until 1936. During his tenure he was in charge of the emergency corn loan program and eradication programs for chinch bugs and grasshoppers.

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