Overview | Current Class |Alumni
TAL Alumni
2024
Nolan Allison | Bartlett Grain A Savage Company
Dusty Campbell | Producer Ag, LLC
Michael Carpenter | Stockton Farmers Union
Lance Cochran | Kennedy Berkley
Dalton Gantz | D.E. Bondurant Grain, Inc.
Nathan Larson | MKC
Kevin Lee | FMC
Lucas Madding | WinField United
Jonathan Reazin | MKC
Joshua Stucky | ADM
2023
Andrew Breese | Kansas Grain Inspection Service
Todd Dingler | ProValue Insurance
Jeff Ellis | Syngenta
Brandi Hartley | Farmers Coop Equity at Isabel
Blake Malcolm | AgMark LLC
Jed Miller | Ag Partners Cooperative Inc.
Kent Nichols | MKC
Todd Schultz | Producer Ag, LLC
Jack Vincent | The Scoular Company
Ed Zahn | Heartland Ag Systems
2022
Michelle Busch | Syngenta
Garrett Buschjost | Koch Agronomic Services
Adam Butler | MKC
Doug Graber | Producers Cooperative Association of Girard
Brandon Legg | Concordia Terminal LLC
Jacob Leis | CoMark Equity Alliance
Stacy Letourneau | Cloud County Cooperative Elevator
Adam Niehues | Jackson Farmers Inc.
Scotty Yerges | Producer Ag, LLC
Mike Zacharias | MKC
2020-21 (two-year class due to the COVID-19 pandemic)
Aaron Anderson | APEX Ag Inc.
Kalen Cromwell | Farmers Cooperative Grain Association
Kiley DeDonder | WinField United
Micala Dummit | The Scoular Company
Brice Elnicki | Producers Cooperative Association of Girard
Amy Fairchild | ProValue Insurance
Scott Moseley | KC Supply Company
Tyler Peterson | Pride Ag Resources
Spencer Reames | MKC
2019
Sarah Dodge | CoMark Equity Alliance
Alexandra Erwin | BioKansas
Sam Hanni | The DeLong Company Inc.
Justin Jenkins | Team Marketing Alliance
Nicholas Krehbiel | Kanza Cooperative Association
Eric Preston | MFA Inc.
John Ricker Jr. | KFSA
Lance Studer | The Ottawa Cooperative Assn.
Ciera Thurman | KOCH Agronomic Services
Amy Varner | ADM
2018
David Abel | Valley Coop
Nathan Beachner | Beachner Grain, Inc.
Brandon Dills | CoMark Equity Alliance
Colby Gantz | D.E. Bondurant Grain Co.
Lucas Hamm | Mid Kansas Coop
Ryan Jones | Offerle Coop
Taylor Martin | Team Marketing Alliance
Brandon Otto | B.Z. Bee Inc.
Jason Sutterby | MFA/AGChoice
Rick Vrbas | BASF
2017
Lance Adams | Team Marketing Alliance
Seth Born | Beachner Grain, Inc.
Bradley Brensing | Winfield United
Matthew Burdiek | Koch Agronomic Services
David Klahr | KFSA
Nathan Miller | Mid Kansas Coop
Andrew Ochampaugh | Agrilead Inc.
Ryan Roberts | Lortscher Animal Nutrition, Inc.
Lindsey Vincent | Plains Equity Exchange
Shane Williams | Canton Cooperative Grain & Supply
2016
Matt Case | Farmer’s Cooperative Assn.
Blake Connelly | Alliance Ag and Grain, LLC
Tatum Couture | AgMark LLC
Valarie LaPean | Cargill
Barbie Padgett | Pride Ag Resources
Jonathan Person | Dow AgroSciences
Christopher Stevens | Farmers Coop Grain Assn.
Samantha Tenpenny | Kansas Agribusiness Retailers Assn.
Derrick Tice Innvictis | Crop Care
Kristin Bolte | Randall Farmers Coop Union
2015
Aaron Hemberger | Danville Cooperative Assn.
Lori Johnson | Farmer’s Cooperative Equity
Brent Martin | Ag Choice, Inc.
Scott Morris | KFSA
Jon Newcomer | Kansas Grain Inspection Service
Bill Garner | AGChoice
Nichole Gouldie | Mid Kansas Coop
Jami Loecker | Syngenta
Christopher Pachta | Crop Production Services
Cori Woelk | DuPont Crop Protection
Travis Zwenger | Lang Diesel, Inc.
2014
Bill Garner | AGChoice
Brian Rosenhagen | Fairbank Equipment, Inc.
Chase Demaree | BarnesCo Inc.
Ella Pachta | CPS/Central Plains Retail
Jayson Schoenfeld | CPS/High Plains Division
Kevin Zoglmann | Farmers Coop Grain Assn.
Lucas Price | The Scoular Co.
Michael Burch | BASF
Trent Weatherly | Cargill Ag Horizons
Wyatt Rundel | Bank of the West
2013
Billy Smith | Cargill, Inc.
Darrin Cox | Fairbank Equipment, Inc.
Dub Johnson | McPherson Concrete Storage Systems
James Bettenbrock | MKC
Janie Wetta Andale | Farmers Coop
Mark Wegner | ADM Grain Co.
Michael Keiser | Farmers Coop Co.
Nick Hansen | AgMark LLC
Scott Anderson | KFSA
Sonia Offerle | Offerle Coop Grain & Supply Co.
2012
Jackie Mundt | Dow AgroSciences
John Watts | MKC
Lincoln Hillyer | Ag Partners Coop Inc.
Matthew Porter | MKC
Michael Spade | Harveyville Seed Co. Inc.
Monte Broeckelman | Farmway Coop Inc.
Ryan McCoy | CoMark Equity Alliance
Sean Cravens | Agro-Cultural Liquid Fertilizer
Ted Behring | Farmers Coop Equity
Troy Presley | Advance Trading Inc.
2011
Bob Standage | KFSA
Brad Scheer | Farmers Coop Elevator Co.
Dan Brubeck | Beattie Farmers Union Coop Assn.
Donny Huber | WindRiver Grain LLC
Janet Bear | Frontier Ag Inc.
Jeremy Seyfert | Cargill Ag Horizons
Josh Morrill | East Kansas Agri-Energy, LLC
Kathryn Taylor | Dow AgroSciences
Kelly Farrell | Farrell Growth Group
Ryan Elgin | Syngenta
2010
Douglas Biswell | Farmers Cooperative Association
James Grilliot | Midwest Laboratories, Inc.
Jason Creed | MKC
Jonathan Mayes | Cargill Ag Horizons
Justin Ochs | Skyland Grain LLC
Kerry Watson | MKC
Kyle Adams | Team Marketing Alliance
Matt Friesen | MKC
Matthew Hines | Tallgrass Commodities
2009
Craig White | United Prairie Ag, LLC
Jeff Naysmith | MKC
Jerry Forst | Central Valley Ag Cooperative
Kevin Dieckmann | United Suppliers
Kevin Lueger | Midwest Ag Service, LLC
Kyle Sorensen | Plains Grain
Ronald Sothers | Central Valley Ag Cooperative
Ryan Gale | Ag 1 Source
Troy Coon | Gavilon Fertilizer LLC
2008
Clark Pearson | Miller Elevator Inc.
David Rethman | Midwest Ag Service, LLC
Devin Schierling | Team Marketing Alliance
Drew McIntire | CPS/High Plains Division
Jon Ingebretson | Gavilon Fertilizer, LLC
Marc Hoobler | Syngenta
Robin Pitman | Dow AgroSciences
Roland Martin | Pawnee County Coop Assn.
Shane Eck | Pride Ag Resources
2007
Brandon Schlake | Cargill Inc. (closed)
Erik Lange | MKC
Fred Seiler | MKC
James Jirak | Pro-Ag Marketing
Jeff Lavery | KC Supply Co. Inc.
Jim Lee | Beachner Grain Inc. – HQ.
Norman Hancock | Garst Seed Co.
2006
Andy Smarsh | Helena Chemical Co.
Chris Lewis | CPS High Plains Division
Debra Miller | Farmers Union Merc. & Shpg. Assn.
Jeremy Girard | Hannebaum Grain Co. Inc.
Kirk Kennedy | Valley Coop Inc.
Marvin Schlatter | ADM Grain Co.
OJ Pearl | J.B. Pearl Sales
Richard (Craig) Nelson | Syngenta
LaVell Winsor | Cargill, Inc.
2005
Brent Emch | Cargill Ag Horizons
Jeff Mayfield | Ag Service Inc.
Jeff Wilkinson | The Scoular Company
Kammi Schwarting | WindRiver Grain LLC
Kim Beam | Central Valley Ag Cooperative
Lance Nelson | Farmers Coop Co.
Lawrence Baxa | Sublette Coop Inc.
Richard Tippin | Coop Grain & Supply
Travis Hirst | Dow AgroSciences
2004
Alan Goldsby | CHS Inc.
Chuck Kuntz | Harveyville Seed Co. Inc.
Darrel Pettay | Crop Production Services
Doyle Pearl | J.B. Pearl Sales
JR Isch | Morrill Elevator Inc.
Lee Mason | ADM Grain Co.
Robert Tempel | WindRiver Grain LLC
Rock Marquardt | Refco, LLC
Tom Meyer | Kansas Grain Inspection Service Inc.
2003
Brian Linin | Frontier Ag Inc.
Chad Villwok | Wildcat Feeds LLC
Charlie Sauerwein | WindRiver Grain LLC
Cory Falke | Beachner Grain Inc. – HQ.
Lana O’Connor | Wilbur-Ellis Company (closed)
Mark Herz | DuPont Pioneer
Scott Anderson | KFSA
Susan Macy | DuPont Crop Protection
2002
Don Sauerwein | Team Marketing Alliance
Doug Wright | MKC
Jeff Huggard | Scott Cooperative
John Roth | WinField
Randy McCormick | Kansas Grain Inspection Service Inc.
Randy Whisenhunt | Ag Service Inc.
Roy Space
2001
Brian Norton | Syngenta
David Helfrich | Irsik & Doll Feed Service
Frank Shelton | Farmway Coop Inc.
John Burton | ADM Grain Co.
Mike Schaffter | KFSA
Mike Schmidt | Skyland Grain LLC
Mike Shirley | SFP
Tim Krehbiel | Lortscher Agri Service Inc.
Zach Barnes | BarnesCo Inc.
2000
Darien Fritts | Midwest Cooperative
Thomas Mudd | WILFARM LLC
Sherry Nelson | Top Crop Consulting
Laura Pearl | J.B. Pearl Sales & Service
Daniel Wick | Wick Grain Co.
Scott Barrett | Farmway Co-op
Gary Beachner | Beachner Grain
Jeff Orwig | Collingwood Grain
Matt Overturf | Johnson Co-op Grain
Randy Schoenthaler | Frontier Equity Exchange
1999
Alan Stone | Bunge North America
Dustin Kuntz | Harveyville Seed Co. Inc.
Fred Norwood | Norwood & Co. Inc.
James Denny | Frontier Ag Inc.
Jerald S. Kemmerer | Pride Ag Resources
Joseph Schauf | Farmers Coop Elevator Co.
Roger Long | Rosen’s Inc.
Roy House | McPherson Concrete Storage Systems
Ted Schultz | Team Marketing Alliance
Thomas Lechtenberg | ADM Grain Co.
1998
Charlie Swayze | Farmers Coop Equity
Christopher Droge | Syngenta
Kevin Brady | LDI
Larry Shivers | SFP
Russ Ronnebaum | Hammel Scale Co. Inc
Stan Odle
Johnny Schaben | Farm Service Center