Anne Yargus Sheehy
Age: 36 Title: Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing Company: Yargus Manufacturing The mission of Yargus Manufacturing in Marshall, Ill., is to help feed the world. As a third-generation senior...
View ArticleLori Taylor
Age: 33 Title: The Produce Mom Company: The Produce Mom A sleepless night changed the course of Lori Taylor’s career. Taylor, 33, took on the role of marketing manager for Indianapolis-based...
View ArticleJulie Tesch
Age: 39 Title: Executive Director Company: American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture A dairy farm girl originally from Waldorf, Minn., Julie Tesch, 39, has made a big splash in the world of...
View ArticleNichole Towell
Age: 38 Title: Director of Marketing Company: Duda Farm Fresh Foods Nichole Towell has embraced challenges through her tenure as director of marketing for Oviedo, Fla.-based Duda Farm Fresh Foods....
View ArticleKeith Underwood
Age: 34 Title: Assistant Professor Company: South Dakota State University Keith Underwood, assistant professor and extension meat specialist at South Dakota State University, believes improving the...
View ArticleMatt Wolters
Age: 35 Title: Founder, Owner Company: SureFire Ag Systems, Inc. “Think globally, act locally.” This is a phrase used to describe how Matt Wolters is working from rural northwest Kansas to influence...
View ArticleLaura Daniels to speak at AgChat Foundation’s National Collegiate Congress
Laura Daniels will be speaking at AgChat Foundation’s National Collegiate Congress January 17 in Indianapolis. Her talk, entitled “10 Life Hacks for the “Dirty Work” of being a College Aggie,” will...
View ArticleZach Hunnicutt Featured in Google Hangout About Technology and Food Production
Zach Hunnicutt, 2014 Forty Under 40 Honoree, appeared in a Bayer CropScience Google Hangout with Julie Borlaug Larson to discuss the survey “Food for Thought—Finding Common Ground with Consumers about...
View ArticleJillian Beaty honored by the American Farm Bureau
Jillian Beaty was honored last week with ten other farm and ranch leaders as graduates of the Partners in Agricultural Leadership class. Now in it’s seventh year, PAL was created to help leaders in...
View ArticleCraig Kohn Received Outstanding Young Member Award
Craig Kohn, 2014 Forty Under 40 Honoree, was received Outstanding Young Member Award by the National Association of Agricultural Educators on December 4 at the organizations annual convention. Kohn...
View ArticleTeresa Siles
“I started off dabbling in the Agri-Food Marketplace. The more I learned about the industry and I got involved, the more I learned how complex it was and I saw opportunity.”—Teresa Siles. A graduate of...
View ArticleEntee Sublett
Entee Sublett, a member of the second generation at his family’s Uphill Dairy, left the farm after high school with no thoughts of returning. But things change. “After I graduated high school I never...
View ArticleThomas Titus
Thomas Titus was always meant for great things in the pork industry. He even jokes that he was “born into the pig pen,” and anyone who meets Titus can attest to his dedication and unrelenting...
View ArticleSherrie Webb
Sherrie Webb is driven in her quest to help producers understand how research can be applied in real-life farm situations. As director for the Pork Checkoff’s animal welfare program, she is in the...
View ArticleJaclyn Wilson
“Ranching is the closest to God you’ll ever get here on this planet.” When Jaclyn Wilson, Lakeside, Neb., first heard these words, they struck a chord deep inside her. Maybe it was this personal tie...
View ArticleTracy Woods
According to his colleagues at 44 Farms near Cameron, Texas, Tracy Woods, 37, is a cowboy devoted to his calling and craft. He is “fueled by an admiration of cattlemen who have gone before him and a...
View ArticleManuela Zoninsein
Since she was 18 years old and working at the Chicago Board of Trade, Manuela Zoninsein has been interested in using her skills and abilities to help build international bridges. While that experience...
View ArticleJoe Kovanda
Joe Kovanda, 35, vice president for Bartlett Cattle Company, Kansas City, has earned a reputation for his market expertise. “I’ve been blessed with wonderful teachers and opportunities,” Kovanda said....
View ArticleRyan Meyer
Ryan Meyer of Winfield, Kan., said a series of experiences from the family farm forward led him to his current place procuring cattle for Creekstone Farms. “When I was growing up we started calves in...
View ArticleTrudy Wastweet
Trudy Wastweet, 35, joined the American Farm Bureau Federation in June 2015. As director of congressional relations in the Public Policy Department, Wastweet plays an important role in covering...
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