Raphael BosticFederal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
President & CEO
As president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Raphael Bostic is a participant on the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy-setting Federal Open Market Committee and votes every third year. Before moving to the south for the first time in 2017, Bostic was a professor at the University of Southern California, an assistant secretary of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development, and an economist at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.
Margy EckelkampTop Producer Brand Leader
editor
Margy Eckelkamp is an award-winning journalist who serves as brand leader for Top Producer and The Scoop. Eckelkamp spent the first seven years of her career reporting on agronomy, machinery and technology, which included leading the Farm Journal series of Corn College events and coordinating the Farm Journal Test Plots.
She also helped relaunch and expand the Machinery Pete business to become the leading marketplace for farm equipment. Since 2016 her reporting has focused on the business side of agriculture since joining Farm Journal’s brand serving ag retailers, now The Scoop, which includes a multimedia portfolio across digital, print and the only podcast specifically serving the space.
She serves as editorial content director for Top Producer in print and online and developing the program for Top Producer Summit, the industry’s top educational event for large-scale farmers and ranchers.
Chip FloryFarm Journal
Host
Chip Flory joined Pro Farmer as a floor reporter for Futures World News in January 1988, after graduating from Iowa State University with a degree in ag journalism. He spent three years reporting from the floors of the Chicago Board of Trade and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange as bureau chief for FWN. Chip moved to Pro Farmer headquarters in 1991 where he started as electronic services editor. With Pro Farmer, he served as senior market analyst, general manager, editor of the company’s flagship newsletter for 17 years, editorial director and is now editor emeritus for Pro Farmer.
Chip is the host of Farm Journal Media’s issues-driven “AgriTalk” and markets-driven “AgriTalk After the Bell.” Chip is also the Farm Journal economist, providing market insights for readers in each issue of Farm Journal.
Ben GordonFractal Ag
CEO
Ben Gordon is the CEO of Fractal Ag, a farmland investment platform that brings investors alongside farmers to help fund farm businesses and drive returns. Ben previously worked at Corteva Agriscience, and his background includes experience in agriculture technology, management consulting, and private equity. Ben previously served as an Infantry Officer in the US Army. He was raised in North Dakota where the original family homestead is still farmed by extended family
Tyne MorganU.S. Farm Report
Host
Tyne Morgan, host of “U.S. Farm Report,” is doing what she calls her dream job. She is a Missouri girl who has generations of agriculture rooted in her blood. Born and raised in Lexington, Mo., FFA was a big part of her childhood. Through public speaking and various contest teams, she plunged into broadcast at the young age of 16. While in high school, she worked at KMZU radio providing the daily farm market updates, as well as local, state and national agriculture news. Although Tyne always knew she wanted to go into TV, it was then she discovered farm broadcasting was her calling.
Tyne attended the University of Missouri–Columbia, where she majored in agriculture journalism with an emphasis in broadcast. During her college years, she was a farm broadcast intern for Brownfield Ag News and was the 2006 Missouri State Fair Queen.
Emily OberbroecklingPeople's Company
Certified General Real Property Appraiser
Emily Oberbroeckling, ARA, is a Certified General Real Property Appraiser and
Accredited Rural Appraiser. As part of Peoples Company’s national appraisal
team, she provides professional appraisal and consulting services across the
Midwest for farmland, livestock operations, agribusinesses, and rural estates. With
over 15 years of experience in rural community bank lending and appraisal,
Emily brings together analytical expertise, field-level experience, and genuine
respect for the agricultural community.
Raised on a small family dairy farm in the rolling hills of Northeast Iowa, she
treasured the “Driftless” Region and graduated from UW-Platteville, Wisconsin,
with an Ag Business degree. Emily’s career bridges traditional values with modern
appraisal technology — including FAA-licensed drone imagery, GIS mapping,
and advanced data analytics. She works with farm families, attorneys, investors,
and institutions to appraise the true value of agricultural assets and support
landownership transitions.
Emily has served on the Iowa Chapter Executive Board of the American Society
of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers (ASFMRA), the Peoples Company
Executive Board, and the local Clayton County, Iowa Farm Bureau Board. She
holds Certified General Appraisal licenses in Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Kansas, and
Mississippi.
Emily is a landowner and active participant in her family’s farming and trucking
businesses near Garnavillo, Iowa, where she lives with her husband and two sons.
Emily embodies the connection between land, legacy, and leadership that
drives her work—bridging traditional agricultural values with modern valuation
methods and data-driven insights.
Ron RabouRabou Farms, Inc.
President
With over 20 years of speaking experience and work with audiences of all ages and backgrounds, Ron Rabou is a breath of fresh air. Not spit-polished ready to deliver a canned message, Ron offers a non-traditional approach that is enjoyable, refreshing and thought provoking. Scrapping the "I talk, you listen" approach, his presentations are interactive, fun and enlightening-all things needed in our sometimes overwhelming lives. Ron is a true entrepreneur with a career thus far that includes vast experience in speaking, communications training, public relations, fundraising, foundation and private business experience. He is co-author of a self-help book, "Keep it Simple: The 12 Core Values that Lead to Personal and Professional Success" and in his second book, "Make your OWN Way", shares his personal story of family farm transition and how to move forward in a changing world. He is also the past host of the radio program, "ReThink on the Radio". He owns and manages multiple companies, including an organic wheat farm, numerous real estate interests, a music production company, and a hunting and guiding business. He is a member of the Cheyenne Rotary Club and a graduate of the University of Wyoming and resides on his farm near Albin, Wyoming with his wife and 3 sons.
Matt ReardonNutrien Ag Solutions
Senior Atmospheric Scientist
Matt is a Senior Atmospheric Scientist for Nutrien Ag Solutions, where he develops predictive software solutions and forecasts to manage weather and climate risk in production agriculture. He presents to conferences annually where he provides guidance to weather-sensitive growers, commodity brokers, and other stakeholders. He holds the Certified Consulting Meteorologist designation from the American Meteorological Society.
Rena StriegelTransition Point Business Advisors
President
Rena Striegel is an internationally recognized business coach and consultant with over 20 years of experience working directly with farmers, ag leaders, senior executives and entrepreneurs to identify and implement strategies that create growth and profitability. In her role with Transition Point Business Advisors, she leads client projects in the areas of strategic planning, business succession and continuity planning and employee/leadership development. Most of her current clients are large, family-owned farm operations. Rena grew up on a dairy and hog farm in What Cheer, Iowa, and she is a professional EOS implementer as well as a certified business coach and holds an MBA from the University of Iowa.
