Iowa Ag Connection - 18 Named to Iowa Corn Collegiate Advisory Team

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18 Named to Iowa Corn Collegiate Advisory Team
Iowa Ag Connection - 11/16/2017

Iowa Corn announced the 18 Iowa college students who will make up the eighth Iowa Corn Collegiate Advisory Team (CAT). Comprised of Iowa students pursuing degrees in agriculture, CAT will assist the Iowa Corn Growers Association (ICGA) and the Iowa Corn Promotion Board (ICPB) in developing targeted programs to enhance the organizations' relationships with individuals pursuing careers in agriculture production and allied industries. CAT achieves this by fostering the knowledge and skills of these future leaders and providing them the tools to advocate for Iowa Corn and other commodity organizations' role in the success of Iowa agriculture.

"The future of Iowa Corn depends on the organization's ability to offer relevant programming, advocacy and services to new stakeholders entering Iowa's agricultural sector," said Iowa Corn Promotion Board Director Larry Buss, a farmer from Logan who chairs the committee overseeing the team. "We are excited to work with these 18 bright students, who are pursuing a broad facet of careers in agriculture, on ways we can cultivate and promote our organization and the corn industry."

The team includes agriculture students from several colleges, community colleges and universities from across Iowa. 2017-18 participants include:

- Ashlynn Lingle of Aspinwall and attending Des Moines Area Community College

- Conner Hemesath of Ossian and attending Northeast Iowa Community College

- Dana Simon of Riverside and attending Kirkwood Community College

- Drew Carlson of Tracy and attending Graceland University

- Hans Riensche of Jessup and attending Iowa State University

- Irad Moreno of Iowa Falls and attending Ellsworth Community College

- Jamin Manus of Klemme and attending Hawkeye Community College

- Lucas DeBruin of Oskaloosa and attending Dordt College

- Luke Lay of La Belle, Mo., and attending Muscatine Community College

- Maddie Hoch of Algona and attending Iowa State University

- Mason Claude of Wester City and attending Iowa Central Community College

- Meranda Thimmes of Mechanicsville and attending Iowa State University

- Mitchell Post of Sioux Center and attending Northwestern College

- Nicole Langbein of Sac City and attending Morningside College

- Savannah Keitzer of Mediapolis and attending Iowa State University

- Tessa Meyer of Sumner and attending Iowa State University

- Victoria Butt of Iowa Falls and attending Iowa State University

- Tori Ward of Memphis, Mo., andd attending Indian Hills Community College

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