Ag Launch Startup Presenters

Lane Akre
Pro Farmer
Economist

Larry Alsum
Alsum Farms & Produce
Owner

Wendy Alsum-Dykstra
Alsum Farms & Produce, Inc.
Chief Operating Officer

Heidi Alsum-Randall
Alsum Farms & Produce, Inc.
Chief Operating Officer

Shawn Arita
North Dakota State University
Research Associate Professor

Marc Arnusch
Arnusch Farms
Owner

Ashley Arrington
Ag Resource Management
Director of Strategic Partnerships and Marketing

Chad Asmus
BASF Grower
Sustainability Market Development Manager

Dan Basse
AgResource Company
Founder & CEO

Tricia Beal
Farm Journal Foundation
CEO

Scott Beck
Beck's Hybrids
President

Candace Bergesch
Farm Journal Intelligence
Director of Data Insights & Storytelling

Raphael Bostic
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
President & CEO

Luke Brubaker
Brubaker Farms LLC,
Founder

Kenny Burdine
University of Kentucky
Extension Professor of Livestock Economics

James Burgum
The Arthur Companies
CEO

Stephen Cain
National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) and the U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC)
Vice President, Economic Research & Analysis

Jarod Creed
JC Ag Financial Services and Elite Ag Insurance
Owner

Edward & Rebecca Dalton
Dalton Farms, LLC
Owners

Annie Dee
Dee's River Ranch
Owner

Amanda DeJong
ASFMRA
CEO and Executive Vice President

Dalton Dilldine
Dilldine Farms
Owner

Gregg Doud
National Milk Producers Federation
President & CEO

Margy Eckelkamp
Top Producer Brand Leader
editor

Aaron Edwards
Santos Springs LLC
Ag Market Consultant and Co-Founder

The Alsum Family
Alsum Farms
Owners

Sally Flis
Nutrien Ag Solutions
Director, Sustainable Ag Programs

Chip Flory
Farm Journal
AgriTalk host

Jolie Foreman
Shelby County Cares
Executive Director

Shay Foulk
Ag View Solutions

Devin Fuhrman
Nationwide
Chief Agriculture and Sponsor Relations Officer

Grant Gardner
University of Kentucky
Assistant Extension Professor of Agricultural Economics

Ben Gordon
Fractal Ag
CEO

Heather Hampton-Knodle
Knodle LTD
Owner

Scott Hays
Missouri Pork Association
Executive Director

Alan Hoskins
American Farm Mortgage & Financial Services
President and National Sales Director

Jeff Irwin
Fargo, ND
Learning & Development Coordinator Ag Equipment Industry

Audrey Leduc
McDonald's
Director U.S. Sustainability

Bill Lee
50th Governor of Tennessee

Katie Lee
Farm Journal Foundation
Vice President Government Affairs

Josh Linville
StoneX
VP - Fertilizer

Mr. Jiang Lyu
Chinese Embassy in the United States
Minister for Economic and Commercial Affairs

Dylan Mangel
University of Nebraska-Lincoln / SCN Coalition
Ph.D., Assistant Professor and Extension Plant Pathologist,

Hillari Mason
Pro Farmer
Grain Marketing Advisor/Pro Farmer Market Analyst

Justin McAlister
Bunge
Regenerative Agriculture Lead

Michael McCarville,
BASF Trait Development Manager
Ph.D.

Seth Meyer
FAPRI (University of Missouri)
Director

Kelly Miller
Nutrien
Sr. Director Global Commerical Development

Tyne Morgan
U.S. Farm Report
Host

Paul Neiffer
The Farm CPA
Owner

Drake Norman
Nuveen Natural Capital's US Row Crop team
Senior Director

Emily Oberbroeckling, ARA
Peoples Company
Appraiser

Dr. Austin Omer
Ostara
Director of Sustainability, Partnerships, and Policy

Chris Payne
Legacy 3B Farms LLC
Owner

Ron Rabou
Rabou Farms, Inc.
President

Ben Rand
Blue Line Futures
Insurance Agent/CTA

Kimberly Ratcliff
Ratcliff Premium Meats
Owner

Matt Reardon
Nutrien Ag Solutions
Senior Atmospheric Scientist

Michelle Rook
Farm Journal Broadcast
National Reporter

David Sears
Sears Farms
Farmer

Prescott Shibles
Farm Journal
CEO

Jennifer Shike
PORK Magazine
Editor

Brent Smith
NewLeaf Symbiotics
Chief Executive Officer + President

Stefan Soloviev
Crossroads Agriculture / Weskan Grain
WESKAN GRAIN

Lamar Steiger
The 808 Ranch
Owner

Renee Strickland
Strickland Ranch & Exports, Inc.
President/CEO

Rena Striegel
Transition Point Business Advisors, LLC
President

Susan Stroud
No Bull
Founder and Analyst

Angie Stump Denton
Farm Journal
Drovers Editorial Leader

Sam Taylor
RaboResearch Food & Agribusiness
Executive Director

Lee Trimmer
Green Shoots LLC
Advisor

Heidi Vermeer-Quist
VQ Consult
Psychologist & Family Business Consultant

Cory Walters
University of Nebraska
Associate Professor

Bill Watts
Pro Farmer
Editor

Jeff Winton
Rural Minds
Founder and Chairman

Dr. Karl Wyant
Nutrien
Director of Agronomy