Class 1 Alumni
Leslie Anderson
Trimont
Mark Beedy
Owner/Operator
Beedy Farms, Inc.
Moorhead
Nancy Bitterman
Community Bank President
First Bank & Trust
Canton
Kurt Blomgren
Owner
Blomgren Farms
Butterfield
Brian Brandt
Vice President, Senior Relationship Manager
Rabo AgriFinance, Inc.
Marshall
Duane Carrow
Owner/Administrator
Carrow Farms/ Renewable Energy Technology, MN West Community Technical College
Marshall
Greg Gosen
Owner/Operator
Silvercrest Charolais
Albert Lea
Marc Hennen
Product Lead
Syngenta Crop Protection
Greensboro
Brad Leiding
Owner/Operator
Leiding Farms
Randy Hansen
(Deceased 2003)
Ralph Kaehler
Owner/District Sales Manager
Kaehler’s Homedale Farms/Quality Liquid Feeds
St. Charles
Randy Kamrath
Owner
Water Billboards
Canby
Ralph Malz
Partner
Malz Brothers Farm
Belle Plaine
Ruth Meiric
Foundation Director
MN Farm Bureau Federation
St. Paul
Ron Obermoller
Owner/Operator
Obermoller Farms
Brewster
Kevin Paap
Owner/President
Paap Farms/MN Farm Bureau
Garden City
David Pfarr
Field Agronomist
Dupont Pioneer
Le Sueur
Karen Richter
Partner
D-K-R Swine Farms
Montgomery
Gene Sandager
Partner
Hills Brothers Farms
Hills
Tom Roach
(Deceased 2011)
Faribault
Al Sheldon
Senior Vice President
Ellison Meat Company
Pipestone
Rick Sommers
Certified General Appraiser
Value Midwest
Owatonna
Teresa Spaeth
Director
Conservation Corps of Minnesota and Iowa
Maple Grove
Wendy Sterzinger
Owner
XCR Angus
Ivanhoe
Tim Tjosaas
Manager Consumer Credit
Compeer Financial
Kasson
Pat Troendele
Partner/Consultant
Duschee Hills Dairy, LLC/Full Circle Nutrition, LLC
Lanesboro
Matt Widboom
Bossman
Widboom Land Cattle
Worthington
Mike Youngerberg
Director of Field Services/Executive Director
MN Soybean Growers Association & MN Soybean Research and Promation Council/MN Biodiesel Council
North Mankato
Marv Zylstra
Owner
Zylstra Farms
Worthington