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SUMMARY:State of Agriculture 2025
DESCRIPTION:2025 State of the Agriculture\n\n\n\nTuesday\, July 22\n\n11:45AM - 1:00PM\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease join us for the 2025 State of the Agriculture as we host a very interactive panel between panelists and attendees.\n\n\n\nRegister online today - lunch is included with your registration fee!\n\n \n\n \nMeet your Panelists!\n\n\n\n\n\nJulie Tesch\n\nCenter for Rural Policy and Development\nAfter 25-years of living in urban areas\, Julie decided it was time to return to her roots in rural Minnesota.  Julie became the President & CEO in 2018 after working in Washington\, DC as the executive director of the American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture.  She has been involved in non-profit management and supporting the rural lifestyle her entire career through her work with the National FFA Alumni Association and the Minnesota Agricultural Education Leadership Council (MAELC).  She is a proud graduate of the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities where she received her bachelor?s degree in applied economics and her Master?s of Education in agricultural education.\n\nAt the Center\, Julie is the chief relationship builder\, manages a board of 19-members\, oversees the overall management of the center\, and is the pied piper of living in rural Minnesota.\n\nOutside of work she enjoys volunteering for 4-H & FFA activities\, discovering her family history through genealogy\, traveling the world and discovering craft breweries and wineries across Minnesota.\n\n\n\nSam Ziegler\n\nGreenSeam\n\nSam Ziegler has a passion for all things related to agriculture. Being a part of providing food\, feed\, fuel and fiber to families in our area to families abroad is such an amazing profession to be a part of. In this position\, Ziegler works with key ag stakeholders building coalitions along with developing and executing key strategic initiatives that are essential components to realize the aspirations of GreenSeam. Sam spent nearly ten years with the Minnesota Soybean Research & Promotion Council and Minnesota Soybean Growers Association and is a fourth generation partner and operator of Ziegler Farms\, located near Good Thunder. Sam enjoys being a father and husband\, and for fun he likes playing baseball\, hanging at the lake or hunting.\n\n\n\nChase VanKeulen\n\nMinnesota West Technical College\n\nChase VanKeulen grew up on a family farm north of Marshall. He is currently active in the operation growing corn and soybeans and custom finishing hogs. Chase lives on the farm with his wife\, Kia\, and their white lab\, Dash. He is currently a Farm Business Management Instructor for Minnesota West Community & Technical College. Chase also serves as the Treasurer of the Lyon County Corn & Soybean Growers Association.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMeet your Facilitator!\n \n\nCarolyn Olson\n\nOlson Organics of Cottonwood\n\nCarolyn grew up in the suburbs of Minneapolis and joined her husband on the farm in 1988.  Once there\, she quickly learned the ropes\; preferring spring and fall tillage as well as running the combine.   \n\nAs an organic crop farmer from southwestern Minnesota\, Carolyn has served in many policy development and leadership roles both on a local\, state\, and national level. Carolyn has a passion for bringing together all types of farmers to secure a better future for all of agriculture. Carolyn also makes a delicious cinnamon roll - ask her for her recipe!\n\n\n\n\n\nWe hope to see you there!
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<div style="text-align: center\;">\n<h1 style="text-align: center\;"><span style="font-size: 16px\;"><strong><span style="font-size: 28px\;">2025&nbsp\;State of the Agriculture</span></strong><br />\n<br />\n<span style="font-size: 28px\;">Tuesday\, July 22<br />\n11:45<span style="font-size: 24px\;">AM</span>&nbsp\;- 1:00<span style="font-size: 24px\;">PM</span></span><br />\n<br />\n<strong><img alt="" height="225" src="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/499/Image/AgriBusinessLogo.png" style="width: 300px\; height: 225px\;" width="300" /></strong><br />\n<br />\n<span style="font-size: 28px\;"><span style="font-size: 24px\;">Please join us for the 2025&nbsp\;State of the Agriculture as we host a very interactive panel between panelists and attendees.<br />\n<br />\n<span style="font-size:18px\;"><em>Register online today - lunch is included with your registration fee!</em></span></span></span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;</h1>\n\n<hr />&nbsp\;\n<h1 style="text-align: center\;"><span style="font-size: 28px\;"><strong>Meet your Panelists!</strong></span><br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<strong><span style="font-size:22px\;"><u>Julie Tesch</u><br />\n<span style="font-size:20px\;">Center for Rural Policy and Development</span></span></strong></h1>\n<span style="font-size:16px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">After 25-years of living in urban areas\, Julie decided it was time to return to her roots in rural Minnesota.&nbsp\; Julie became the President &amp\; CEO in 2018 after working in Washington\, DC as the executive director of the American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture.&nbsp\; She has been involved in non-profit management and supporting the rural lifestyle her entire career through her work with the National FFA Alumni Association and the Minnesota Agricultural Education Leadership Council (MAELC).&nbsp\; She is a proud graduate of the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities where she received her bachelor?s degree in applied economics and her Master?s of Education in agricultural education.<br />\nAt the Center\, Julie is the chief relationship builder\, manages a board of 19-members\, oversees the overall management of the center\, and is the pied piper of living in rural Minnesota.<br />\nOutside of work she enjoys volunteering for 4-H &amp\; FFA activities\, discovering her family history through genealogy\, traveling the world and discovering craft breweries and wineries across Minnesota.</span></span>\n\n<h1 style="text-align: center\;"><br />\n<u><span style="font-size:16px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:22px\;"><b>Sam Ziegler</b></span></span></span></u><br />\n<strong><span style="font-size: 22px\;"><span style="font-size: 20px\;">GreenSeam</span></span></strong><br />\n<span style="font-size:16px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="color: rgb(1\, 1\, 1)\;">Sam Ziegler has a passion for all things related to agriculture. Being a part of providing food\, feed\, fuel and fiber to families in our area to families abroad is such an amazing profession to be a part of. In this position\, Ziegler works with key ag stakeholders building coalitions along with developing and executing key strategic initiatives that are essential components to realize the aspirations of GreenSeam. Sam spent nearly ten years with the Minnesota Soybean Research &amp\; Promotion Council and Minnesota Soybean Growers Association and is a fourth generation partner and operator of Ziegler Farms\, located near Good Thunder. Sam enjoys being a father and husband\, and for fun he likes playing baseball\, hanging at the lake or hunting.</span></span></span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="font-size:22px\;"><u><strong>Chase VanKeulen</strong></u><br />\n<span style="font-size:20px\;"><strong>Minnesota West Technical College</strong></span></span><br />\n<span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:16px\;">Chase VanKeulen grew up on a family farm north of Marshall. He is currently active in the operation growing corn and soybeans and custom finishing hogs. Chase lives on the farm with his wife\, Kia\, and their white lab\, Dash. He is currently a Farm Business Management Instructor for Minnesota West Community &amp\; Technical College. Chase also serves as the Treasurer of the Lyon County Corn &amp\; Soybean Growers Association.</span></span><br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<span style="font-size: 16px\;"><span style="font-size: 28px\;"><strong>Meet your Facilitator!</strong></span></span></h1>\n&nbsp\;\n\n<h1 style="text-align: center\;"><u><strong><span style="font-size: 22px\;"><span style="font-family: arial\;">Carolyn Olson</span></span></strong></u><br />\n<strong><span style="font-size: 22px\;"><span style="font-size: 20px\;">Olson Organics of Cottonwood</span></span></strong><br />\n<span style="font-family: arial\; font-size: 16px\;">Carolyn grew up in the suburbs of Minneapolis and joined her husband on the farm in 1988. &nbsp\;Once there\, she quickly learned the ropes\; preferring spring and fall tillage as well as running the combine.&nbsp\; &nbsp\;</span><br style="font-family: arial\; font-size: 16px\;" />\n<span style="font-family: arial\; font-size: 16px\;">As an organic crop farmer from southwestern Minnesota\, Carolyn has served in many policy development and leadership roles both on a local\, state\, and national level. Carolyn has a passion for bringing together all types of farmers to secure a better future for all of agriculture. Carolyn also makes a delicious cinnamon roll - ask her for her recipe!</span></h1>\n\n<h1 style="text-align: center\;"><br />\n<br />\n<span style="font-size: 16px\;"><span style="font-family: tahoma\, sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size: 20px\;"><em><strong>We hope to see you there!</strong></em></span></span></span></h1>\n</div>\n
LOCATION:Lyon County Fairgrounds Hoop Barn 504 Fairgrounds Road Marshall\, MN
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URL:https://business.marshall-mn.org/events/details/state-of-agriculture-2025-22191
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