Mr. and Mrs. Greg Webb, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) VP State Government Relations, ADM Senior

Director of Government Relations Anthony Reed, and Michael Torrey Associates LLC Principal, Michael

Torrey

Agri-Pulse Associate Editor Sarah Gonzalez, Agri-Pulse President Sara Wyant and Agri-Pulse Marketing

Director Allan Johnson

National Council of Farmer Cooperatives (NCFC) President Chuck Conner, Sara Wyant and Allan Johnson

Mr. and Mrs. Rick Tolman, National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) CEO with guests, and Mr. and

Mrs. Tom Sleight, U.S. Grains Council CEO.

Senator Tom Harkin and Sara Wyant

Senator Tom Harkin and his wife Ruth Harkin

Senator John Boozman and his daughters.

American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) Director of Rural Affairs Sabrina Matteson and Farm Credit

Council Vice President for Young, Beginning, Small Farmer Programs and Outreach, Gary Matteson

Congressman Collin Peterson, Agri-Pulse Senior Editor Derrick Cain and Allan Johnson

Congressman Collin Peterson, Gary Matteson and Allan Johnson

CESA Wisconsin’s Eric Larsen, National Farmers Union (NFU) Government Relations Representative Mike

Stranz, U.S. Cattlemen’s Association Executive Vice President Jess Peterson, and House Agriculture

Committee Democrats Communications Director Liz Friedlander

Allan Johnson, FFA National Officer Kalie Hall, and National FFA Foundation Leadership’s Ryan Gallagher

National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD) Legislative Director Laura Wood and U.S.

Cattlemen’s Association Executive Vice President Jess Peterson

Sara Wyant and Laura Wood

Mr. and Mrs. Matt Caswell, Syngenta.

Senate Agriculture Committee’s Republican Staff Director Mike Seyfert, Michael Torrey Associates Vice

President Christy Seyfert, and Fitz Elder

Allan Johnson and American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) President Bob Stallman

Strategic Conservation Solutions Chief Operating Officer Julie Knight and Strategic Conservation

Solutions Principal Bruce Knight

Mr. and Mrs. Jon Doggett, National Corn Growers Association Vice President of Public Policy, and NCGA

President Pam Johnson

Congressman Steve King and Sara Wyant

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack makes a few remarks.

CropLife America CEO Jay Vroom introduces Agriculture Secretary Vilsack.

Congressman Collin Peterson takes the stage.

National Turkey Federation’s Vice President of Government Affairs Damon Wells and Fitz Elder

Mike Lentz, House Agriculture Committee’s Rob Larew, and National Farmers Union (NFU) Vice

President of Government Relations Chandler Goule

John Engelen, CHS Vice President of Government Affairs, and his wife.

Doug Vilsack, his wife Janet Lopez-Vilsack, Christy Vilsack and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack

Legislative Assistant for Representative Vicky Hartzler, Joe Tvrdy and NCFC Communications Manager

Becca Stephen

Manager of Federal Affairs at Michael Torrey Associations Sarah Hubbart and boyfriend Ben Coffelt

Strategic Conservation Solutions fellow Madeline Thomas and NCFC Communications Manager Becca

Stephen

AFBF Director of Program Development Marty Tatman, AFBF Director of Training and Development Jill

Casten, and AFBF Director of Leadership Development Kyle Perry

Sara Wyant and the National FFA Officers

Senator Tom Harkin chats with the National FFA Officers.

Legislative Director for Senator Mike Johanns, Terry VanDoren, and NCFC’s Vice President of

Government Affairs Lisa Kelley

National Rural Water’s Bill Simpson and Judge Elizabeth Paris

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack chats with Gary and Sabrina Matteson.

Jackie Minehart, Syngenta, Senator Tom Harkin and Peter Varney

Syngenta’s Angus Kelly with Agri-Pulse’s Aarian Marshall and Sarah Gonzalez

USDA Communications Director Matt Paul and guest

Joe Tvrdy, Sarah Gonzalez, Becca Stephen, Madeline Thomas, DuPont representative at the Global

Harvest Initiative Erica Seitzer , National Farmers Union (NFU) Government Relations Representative Jan

Ahlen, and Agri-Pulse Associate Editor Aarian Marshall

Agri-Pulse Associate Editor Aarian Marshall and Senator Tom Harkin

Former Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman with Agri-Pulse’s Derrick Cain