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Craig Jorgensen

Craig Jorgensen

AGCO Corporation

Craig Jorgensen is the National Accounts Manager for application equipment at AGCO Corporation, a position he has held since July of 2021. Craig joined Ag-Chem Equipment in 1995 and then transitioned to AGCO Corporation when they purchased Ag-Chem Equipment in 2001.  Craig has held a variety of positions during his time at AGCO Corporation including Industrial Sales, Business Development Specialist, Senior Product Specialist, Field Execution Manager and now National Accounts Manager. Craig did spend the early part of his career as an agronomy department manager at a retailer in Iowa. Craig graduated from South Dakota State University with a BS degree in Ag Business.

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Alexander Reichert

Alexander Reichert

AgVend

Alexander Reichert is co-founder and CEO of AgVend, the leading provider of digital enablement solutions for agribusiness. AgVend’s mission is to constructively work with leading ag retailers to build a more efficient, resilient, and dynamic supply chain.

Prior to starting AgVend, Alexander was the VP of Product at Mavrx, an agricultural aerial imagery company, heading the product management, marketing, and support teams.

Before joining Mavrx, Alexander led product for Euclid where he worked with Fortune 500 traditional retailers and commercial banks to create an omnichannel experience for their customers. Alexander received a BA in Economics from Claremont McKenna College.

A native New Englander, Alexander now resides with his wife Briana in Austin, Texas.

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Doug Grott

Doug Grott

Wilbur-Ellis Co.

Doug embarked into his career in agriculture after finishing his Ag-Business degree from Arizona State University. Once completing his degree in 2003 he moved to the Willamette Valley in Western Oregon to begin his tenure with Wilbur-Ellis Co. While not coming from a farming family Doug’s first role as an agronomist gave him a first-rate education in farming and agriculture through the farmers and community, he worked in.

Doug took that education and those experiences to grow professionally within Wilbur-Ellis. Before moving into his current role as the Director of Digital Technology, he held Business Development roles in both a regional and national capacity and prior to that he managed two full-service retail locations in the Willamette Valley.

As the Director of Digital Technology for Wilbur-Ellis Co., Doug’s role encompasses a few key areas of focus. Those areas are, supporting and leading the software development group, Field Technology teams and Wilbur Ellis’s water management business Probe Schedule.

Living in Mesa Arizona, the weather provides Doug the perfect climate to enjoy running, cycling and adventuring with his 4 kids.
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Mariah Murphy

Mariah Murphy

Truterra LLC

Mariah Murphy is currently serving as the Director of Retailer and Farmer Services for Truterra LLC. Growing up in Missouri on the family farm her passion for agriculture developed at a very young age. This inspired her to get 2 degrees from Northwest Missouri State University in Agronomy and Horticulture. She began working with Land O’ Lakes through the WinField United channel in 2013 where she was a District Sales Manager for seed. In 2018 she moved to the sustainability business within Land O’ Lakes known as Truterra LLC. She spent her first years there servicing the Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa regions before moving into her current role where she is leading the field. In her current role she is responsible for helping develop and create sustainability strategies for the Land O’ Lakes member owners and bring them new opportunities through ecosystem service markets such as carbon as well as develop and deliver stewardship opportunities through public/private funding channels. Mariah and her husband Mike reside in Missouri Valley, IA with their almost 3 year old son Wally.
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Kenneth Scott Zuckerberg

Kenneth Scott Zuckerberg, AIF

CoBank

Kenneth Scott Zuckerberg serves as lead industry research analyst for grains, farm inputs, and biofuels in CoBank’s Knowledge Exchange research division.

Ken brings more than 30 years of diverse experience spanning industry research, equity, credit and capital structure analysis, and investment management. Before joining CoBank in 2019, he served in similar capacities at two other major agricultural lenders, Wells Fargo and Rabobank. Prior to that, Ken was the managing partner of Carlan Advisors, LLC, an independent research and consulting firm he founded in 2003. He previously was a senior equity analyst with leading investment research firms including Lazard Asset Management, KBW, and Smith Barney.

Ken earned his Bachelor of Science in finance from the University of South Florida and is a graduate of Wharton’s General Management Program (GMP). He is currently pursuing a Master in Law degree from the University of Pennsylvania’s Carey Law School. Ken maintains the Accredited Investment Fiduciary® (AIF) professional designation.

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Eric Sfiligoj

Eric Sfiligoj

CropLife Media Group, Meister Media Worldwide

Eric Sfiligoj currently serves as Editor for CropLife® and CropLife IRON® magazines and as Senior Editor for AgriBusiness Global™ magazine. He began working at Meister Media Worldwide in 2000. Eric is a graduate of Cleveland State University and started out working for a beverage trade magazine in 1987. Sfiligoj currently serves as a board member for the Mid America CropLife Association and was the recipient of the Ruth White Media Award in 2007.

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Lara L. Sowinski

Lara L. Sowinski

CropLife Media Group, Meister Media Worldwide

Lara L. Sowinski recently joined Meister Media Worldwide as Group Editor for the CropLife Media Group. Previously, she was the Editorial Director for AC Business Media’s Supply Chain Network, whose brands include Food Logistics and Supply & Demand Chain Executive. Sowinski started her career in international trade working with Fritz Companies (acquired by U.P.S. in 2001) and Sony Corporation of America, then transitioned into the B2B media sector where she helped grow global trade and supply chain brands with compelling content across diverse channels.

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Aissa Good

Aissa Good

Commercial Agriculture, Purdue University

Aissa Good serves as managing director for the Center for Food and Agricultural Business and as business development manager and managing director for the Center for Commercial Agriculture in the Department of Agricultural Economics. In this role, she oversees daily operations, identifies engagement opportunities, manages client and sponsor relationships and designs/implements professional development programs for farmers and agribusiness managers both domestically and overseas.

More specifically, Aissa cultivates client relationships and leads curriculum development in collaboration with client management and program faculty. Projects under her direction range from multi-session business management development programs to workshops enhancing key account management and market strategy planning skills of field sales and marketing personnel. She has worked with highly successful agribusiness firms and industry associations and understands the challenges that both small and large companies face in developing their future leaders.

Aissa holds a bachelor’s degree in agricultural business from Middle Tennessee State University, a masters of science in agricultural economics from Purdue University and MBA from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University. She and her husband Ryan have two boys, Blaine and Brecken, and she spends most of her spare time at athletic events and 4-H activities.

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Amy Winstead

Amy Winstead

GreenPoint Ag

Amy Winstead is the Vice President of Business Innovation and Agronomy for GreenPoint Ag Holdings, LLC a joint venture between Alabama Farmers Cooperative, Tennessee Farmers Cooperative and Winfield Solutions. In this role she leads GreenPoint Ag’s IT and Business Systems and the Agronomy and Ag Technology offerings for Alabama Farmers Cooperative, Tennessee Farmers Cooperative and GreenPoint Ag retail locations.  Prior to joining GreenPoint Ag, Amy was the Chief Technology Officer for Agri-AFC, LLC and worked for the Alabama Cooperative Extension System as an Extension Agent with statewide responsibilities for Precision Agriculture.  She received her Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in Agronomy and Soils with a Precision Agriculture emphasis from Auburn University. Amy currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Ag Data Coalition. She and her husband Matt reside in north Alabama with their two sons.  

GreenPoint Ag Holdings, LLC is a joint venture between Alabama Farmers Cooperative, Tennessee Farmers Cooperative and WinField United. WinField is an entity of Land O’Lakes. GreenPoint Ag provides competitively priced crop inputs and premier agronomy, product application and ag technology offerings, backed by almost 90 years’ legacy of customer service and expertise. GreenPoint Ag is headquartered in Decatur, Alabama and serves growers in Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, Kentucky, and the Florida Panhandle. 

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Dr. Jeff Bunting

Dr. Jeffrey A. Bunting

GROWMARK

Bunting is currently the Vice President of Crop Protection Division Manager at GROWMARK. He has been in the Division since January of 2011 and assumed his current role after spending 2 years as Marketing Manager. He received his B.S., M. S., and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Illinois. After receiving his Master’s degree, he accepted a job with American Cyanamid as a Technical Service Representative in West Central Illinois.  After completing his Ph.D., he joined GROWMARK and has been with the company for 18 years. He is an active member in a number of ag organizations, including the American Society of Agronomy, CropLife America, FieldWatch, North Central Weed Science Society, and Weed Science Society of America. 

GROWMARK is an agricultural cooperative with annual sales of $9.5 billion (FY 2021 data) providing agronomy, energy, facility planning, and logistics products and services, as well as grain marketing and risk management services throughout North America. Headquartered in Bloomington, IL, GROWMARK owns the FS trademark, which is used by affiliated member cooperatives. More information is available at growmark.com. 

 

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