Class 5 Alumni
Carl Aakre
Pathway Coordinator
Curriculum for Agricultural Science Education
Perham
Monica Anderson
Hall
Joe Borgerding
Owner
Borgerding Farm
Belgrade
Becky Bruns
Farm Manager
The Pullet Connection
Danube
Don Buhl
Owner/President
Buhl’s Ridge View Farm, Inc.
Tyler
Dave Chura
Key Account Manager
Minnesota Power
Duluth
Debbie Chute
Owner/Administrative Assistant
Chute Family Farm, Mille Lacs Energy Cooperative
Aitkin
Shelly Depestel
Chief Financial Officer
Daley Farms
Lewiston
Atina Diffley
Organic and Food Safety Consultant
Organic Farming Works LLC
Farmington
George Goblish
Owner
Goblish Seeds
Vesta
Tyler Grove
General Agronomist
American Crystal Sugar Company
East Grand Forks
Scott Hislop
Managing Partner
Choice Connection & Hislop Farms
Winnebago
Kari Howe
Executive Director, Co-Owner
Department of Employment and Economic Development, Dunn Bros. Coffee – Bemidji
Bemidji
Roger Imdieke
Owner
R&R Imdieke Farms, Three Sisters Furnishings
New London
Joel Johanningmeier
Precision Ag Agronomist
Greenway Coop
Rochester
Dave Johnsrud
Partner
Johnsrud Brothers
Starbuck
Dave Ladd
President
RDL & Associates, LLC
Apple Valley
Gary Lager
Associate Vice President of Financial Services
AgStar Financial Services, ACA
North Mankato
Dave Marquardt
Owner
Marquardt Farms
Howard Lake
Jim Molenaar
Farm Business Management Instructor
St. Cloud Technical & Community College
New London
Blake Owens
Owner
Owens Farms
Angus
Alex Pirkl
Owner
Pirkl Farms
Ellendale
Jim Purfeerrst
Owner
Purfeerst Farms LLP
Faribault
Rob Sip
Environmental Policy Specialist
MN Department of Agriculture
Sartell
Tim Sullivan
Owner
Birch Cooley Farms Inc.
Franklin
Brian Thalmann
Vice-President/Partner
Thalmann Seeds Inc.
Plato
Bruce Tiffany
Owner
Tiffany Farms
Redwood Falls
Joe Vander Kooi
Partner
Ocheda Dairy
Worthington
Doug Westerman
General Manager
Osceola County Rural Water System, Inc.
Wahpeton
Matt Wolle
Partner
The Grogan Ranch Inc.
Madelia
Louise Worm
Crop Insurance Specialist
Extended Ag Crop Insurance Services
Lakefield
Annette Zimmerman
Partner
Pinedale Farms
Waseca