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Andy is a seasoned grain market analyst and the senior account executive at Walsh Hedging. His main focus is assisting producers and end users to better hedge their investments through his various market strategies over his years of experience working on the grain floor.

Doug Austin is passionate finding solutions that will allow us to nutritiously, responsibly and profitably produce the food in our future. His experience in consumer insights and shopper marketing bring interesting and helpful insights to the table about the customer’s perspective of our food production and how the industry can work together for a brighter more nutritious future.

CNH Case New Holland is a world leader in the agricultural and construction equipment businesses. Supported by about 11,500 dealers in 160 countries, CNH brings together the knowledge and heritage of its Case and New Holland brand families with the strength and resources of its worldwide commercial, industrial, product support and finance organizations. CNH Global N.V., whose stock is listed at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE:CNH), is a majority-owned subsidiary of Fiat S.p.A. (FIA.MI), More information about CNH and its Case and New Holland products can be found online at www.cnh.com .

Bayer AG is a global research-based and growth-oriented enterprise with core competencies in the fields of health care, nutrition and high-tech materials. Bayer CropScience AG, a subsidiary of Bayer AG with annual sales of about EUR 5.7 billion (2006), is one of the world’s leading innovative crop science companies in the areas of crop protection, non-agricultural pest control, seeds and plant biotechnology. The company offers an outstanding range of products and extensive service backup for modern, sustainable agriculture and for non-agricultural applications. Bayer CropScience has a global workforce of about 17,900 and is represented in more than 120 countries. This and further news is available at: www.newsroom.bayercropscience.com

Greg Stephens is on the faculty at K-State in Salina where he teaches business, supervision and history of technology. He considers himself a generalist. Greg is also on the state board for Kansas NFO and has an interest with siblings in a western Kansas family farm. In the past 30 years he has worked with non-profit and rural organizations, assisted in leadership training, grant writing, and provided management training and consulting for regional agribusiness. This blog represents Greg’s thoughts on positive agriculture, rural and organizational development, entrepreneurship, technology, and group marketing.

Seedsmanship is about getting to know you and your farm first. From walking your fields to recommending the best product placement, they’re all signs of our commitment to you. And that commitment allows us to provide you with expert advice, customized service and elite seed products all year long.

Brian Teal was raised in California’s central valley. In the early 90′s, Brian relocated to Northern California (Chico) for school and ended up becoming integrated in the community through various organizations throughout the next two decades. Brian’s first job within the area was baling alfalfa which provided him his first experience into the farming lifestyle. After completing his Masters degree at CSU, Chico, Brian entered into the field of finance starting out at a small local bank. He then moved to an international bank to “better serve his business relationships” and found out that working with his clients within a community bank was best for him, his clients, and the community. During the past decade, Brian has specialized in developing Ag lending segments within the region. Because of his strong relationships with his clients, Brian has developed into an Agriculture/Agribusiness specialized lender with Five-Star Bank and is dedicated to working with all business within that segment. One of the most important aspects of this region, according to Brian, is the usefulness of its community for developing deep relationships between businesses and people. Because of this, Brian has begun to blog about finance directly related to Agriculture/Agribusiness and also covers major issues relating to his clientele; namely the Farm Bill, water issues, breaking research for better growth, and to better update the communities in which he serves.

For more than 15 years, Jamey Kohake has advised grain and livestock producers on price trends, cash grain analysis and marketing strategies. His technical and fundamental analysis is highly regarded and can be heard on several national radio programs and seen in multiple print publications. To visit with Jamey, please e-mail Jamey.Kohake@myparagonmail.com or call 785-338-4111.

Jenny Senn, Diane Henderson and Chuck Adami --- Jenny Senn helps manage “Senn-Sational Jerseys,” the dairy farm where the Senn family has been breeding and developing a fully registered herd of award-winning Jersey Cattle for more than 30 years. The herd includes more than 550 milking cows and 550 young stock, in addition to about 900 farmed acres. Jenny is a current Cattlemen’s Beef Board member, has been active with the American Jersey Cattle Association, the South Carolina and Saluda County Jersey Cattle associations, and the South Carolina Cattlemen’s Association. She is a former recipient of the Young Jersey Breeder Award from the American Jersey Cattle Association. Diane’s responsibilities for the Cattlemen’s Beef Board include development and dissemination of newsletters, Board updates, presentations about the beef checkoff, and other checkoff information to Board members, state beef councils, other industry organizations, producers and importers. Diane has been with the Beef Board since 2001. Previously, she was a senior industry specialist with Standard & Poor’s, where she analyzed trends in retail and consumer-products industries, including agriculture. She also has served as managing editor of Jackson Hole Magazine, a book editor for Homestead Publishing, and as a newspaper reporter and editor. Much of her writing and editing background centered on cattlemen’s issues in Wyoming and Colorado. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in journalism, with emphasis in political science, from the University of Colorado at Boulder. She is the proud mother of a son, Nate, 15, and daughter, Bailey, 13. Chuck is the president and CEO of Equity Cooperative Livestock Sales Association, which is Wisconsin’s largest and the nation’s second largest independent livestock marketing agency. Currently, Chuck is the president of the Wisconsin Beef Council. He also serves on several state and national agricultural boards, including the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association-Federation, where he is a member of the operating committee, and the National Cattlemen’s Beef Board where he is vice chairman of the Livestock Marketing Council. In addition, he is chairman of the Wisconsin FFA Foundation Board and a member of the FFA sponsors board of directors, is a director on the Wisconsin Livestock Identification Consortium, a director on the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives, and is a director and a member on the executive committee of the National Livestock Producers Association. Most recently, he became advisor to the board of directors of the Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin.