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I was raised in Marshall, MO although I was gone several years to attend college, manage a rock quarry and farm, and then returned to my home. While in college I earned a bachelors degree in psychology and political science and later a masters degree in clinical psychology. For over twenty years I owned and managed a private system of comprehensive clinical mental health clinics in rural Missouri and I manage our family farm, which currently is approximately 1500 acres. Farming has been a big part of my life since I was a child as I started “helping” when I was a ripe old age of 5. I have been married for over 30 years to the most wonderful lady in the world (I hope she is reading this!) and it amazes me that she has put up with me all these years. Jerri Lou and I have three adult children and one granddaughter and a grandson who is soon to join us.

The Operating Division Intermediates of the BASF Group develops, produces and markets the world’'s largest range of intermediates. Key representatives of the more than 600 products include amines, diols, polyalcohols, acids and specialties. Among other applications, intermediates are used as starting materials for coatings, plastics, pharmaceuticals, textile fibers, detergents and crop protection agents. Innovative BASF intermediates help to improve the properties of the final product and the efficiency of production processes. The ISO 9001:2000-certified operating division Intermediates has access to plants at production sites in Europe, Asia, and the Americas. In 2006, this BASF operating division with 2,600 employees generated world sales of about 2.3 billion euros. For more information, go to www.basf.com.

BHS Energy designs and manufactures biomass briquette fuel presses and is currently taking orders for pre-production Slugger systems for field testing. Normal production is planned to begin in the Summer of 2009. For more information please visit our website at www.bhsenergy.com

Chet Esther farms in Beardstown, Ill., with his wife Lori and two sons Ryan and Chad. The Esther Family is in the process of transferring the family farm to the next generation and was chosen to participate in the Farm Journal Legacy Project.

Ryan Goodman is a 22-year-old cattleman from Arkansas. He is passioante about sharing the story of life on the ranch and cattle production. You can read more from Ryan on his blog AgricultureProud.com. Find him on Twitter (@AR_RanchHand) or you can email him at agricultureproud@hotmail.com.

Joe Victor earned his Master of Arts Degree in Agriculture Education/Nutrition, with his Bachelor of Science majors in Production Agriculture, Agriculture Business and Ag Education from Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Victor grew up on a dairy farm in south-central New York. In 1980 he joined McHenry County College in Crystal Lake, IL. He worked as a full time Agriculture Instructor, teaching a variety of agribusiness and production agriculture classes. In 1984 he was promoted to Department Head of Agriculture/Horticulture. In 1996, Victor was named Vice President of Marketing with Allendale, Inc. His primary responsibility is to oversee the daily output of the Allendale Advisory Report and Allendale Advanced Charts and create new growth for Allendale’s services. His duties include writing articles, research and networking with information sources throughout North America, some of which are on electronic services and the Internet. Victor is also responsible for monitoring cash grain activity and cash grain opportunities, booking and organizing all speaking engagements, seminars and radio/television appearances. Victor is known as the voice of Allendale as a result of his wide array of radio, TV and public speaking engagements. He is active in community organizations. Joe has four children.

Robin Schmahl is a commodity broker and owner of AgDairy LLC, a full-service commodity brokerage firm located in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. He can be reached at 877-256-3253 or through their Web site at www.agdairy.com.

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Granular is an agriculture software and analytics company dedicated to helping industry leaders build stronger and smarter farms. With cloud, mobile and advanced data science technology, the Granular platform makes it easier to manage a large farm every day and use data for critical business decisions. Connecting financial, operational and agronomic information into a single platform, farmers can boost their efficiency and productivity. Granular’s rapidly growing network of farms in the US and Canada is finding new ways to profit from aggregated data, expertise and market power. Granular is headquartered in San Francisco and backed by Tao Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Google Ventures and Khosia Ventures. http://www.granular.ag