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Aaron is an Australian grain producer located in Calingiri, Western Australia, Australia and 2003 Nuffield Scholar. He has worked and traveled extensively throughout farming regions of the world and is passionate about the future of this industry. He farms 2000 hectares with his parents Charlie and Margaret in the central Wheatbelt region of Western Australia. Aaron is keen to help farmers understand how the unfolding agricultural boom will present many opportunities but also perpetuate many threats concurrently. He is a farmer keen to futurise in an attempt to picture just how the approaching oil crisis and climate change will alter the face of food production systems around the world. You can visit his website to learn more about his future farming principles.

John Deere (Deere & Company - NYSE: DE) is the world’'s leading provider of advanced products and services for agriculture and forestry and a major provider of advanced products and services for construction, lawn and turf care, landscaping and irrigation. John Deere also provides financial services worldwide and manufactures and markets engines used in heavy equipment. Since it was founded in 1837, the company has extended its heritage of integrity, quality, commitment and innovation around the globe.

I am the regional Coordinator for Farm Boy Energy, to our knowledge we are the only company that sells small wind and medium wind turbines to farmers to allow them to lock in their energy cost and to be able not only to harvest crops but also the wind. I am 30 years old and I am from Gallatin Missouri originally. I moved to Iowa in 1999 where I preside today. I work very closely with farmers all over the Midwest, and educate people on the difference between my company and the big wind farms that are popping up all over the United States. I am looking to help answer people’s questions about wind energy but also explain other “green” solutions in farming i.e. solar power, methane digesters, bio diesel, and other products that will pay them back and lower their cost of operations. mcaudle@farmboycompanies.com www.farmboyenergy.com

Ruminant nutritionists provide information on beef cattle nutrition-related topics.

Carrie and David are students at Cal Poly University and the editors of Ag Circle Magazine.

Charlie O’Brien is the Vice President, Agricultural Services at the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM), where he oversees efforts on behalf of AEM members that manufacture Ag equipment. He oversees and coordinates working groups, committees and is the chief staff liaison to the AEM Board of Directors for agriculture issues. O’Brien is AEM’s primary liaison with Ag organizations, customer groups and government agencies. He also leads AEM initiatives related to the forestry sector as well as renewable energy. O’Brien has been in agriculture his entire life. He was raised on a dairy farm outside of Madison, Wisconsin, and after graduating from the University of Wisconsin, Madison with a BS in Agriculture, he joined John Deere Credit, and later earned an MBA from Drake University in Des Moines. Before joining AEM, O’Brien served as President and CEO of FPC Financial, as well as Farm Plan & AgLine (Canada) Product Manager and Sales Manager for John Deere Credit, part of Deere & Company’s Worldwide Credit Operations. He has also served as Branch Manager and Director of Strategic Initiatives for Deere Credit’s England operations and held Deere Credit management positions in sales, market and business development and risk management. AEM is the North American-based international trade group representing the off-road equipment manufacturing industry. AEM is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with offices in the capitals of Washington, D.C., Ottawa, Beijing and a European presence in Brussels. It represents more than 800 companies in the agriculture, construction, forestry, mining and utility sectors.

Even at an early age, Cheryl Day was a passionate and practical advocate for agriculture. As a young child, Day convinced her father that raising Angus Cattle was more than just a hobby but a chosen career path. She followed the footsteps of eight generations before her, as an agriculture producer. The need to tell her agriculture story had become a priority for Cheryl. As a teenager Day encountered many attempts from anti-agriculture groups to erode the business of agriculture. During her college years, Cheryl was a powerful voice for keeping her college’s agriculture program alive when politicians threatened to end the program. On a campus in the heart of Illinois farmland, Day quickly realized that her fellow college students had no idea where their food came from and the fight to keep the program open became a stage for educating. After earning her degree in Ag-Business from Illinois State University, she returned to farm. Day, along with her husband and two children, raises corn, soybeans, and registered Angus Cattle in Illinois. As an accent to her agriculture enterprise, Cheryl freelances as an agriculture communicator and public relations consultant. In addition to her work experience, Day has dedicated countless volunteer efforts to speaking out for agriculture and organizing grassroots efforts to protect the science of producing agriculture products for the next generation to come.

Kent Wagoner grew up on a central Iowa century family farm. After college, he made the difficult decision to move out west where his wife’s family is centered. A stint working on the irrigated farms of the Treasure Valley of southwest Idaho led to a number of years in the vegetable seed industry. Spending over 10 years in the University of Idaho Agricultural Research and Extension Service has taught him about not only the difficulties of ag research, but also some of the hurdles of making the connection from research to production agriculture. He is married (30 years!) with two grown sons, and enjoys singing with a local southern gospel quartet. If you would like to contact him privately, you can email him at kwagoner@mail.com.

Specialized ag input supplier. Our company’s goal is to serve the professional production row crop farmer who wants to be a good steward of his resources of time, money, and land.