Donors
Investing in AgrIInstitute helps to build a strong agriculture community, a foundation important to our state, country and individual businesses alike. Individuals willing to learn and step into leadership roles is a critical component of that foundation. AgrIInstitute helps develop these leaders. Thank you to the following companies and individuals who supported AgrIInstitute in 2019 with their annual support gifts, ALP Benefit Auction donations and purchases, ALP Golf Sponsorships and team participation, ALP Seminar Sponsorships, and support of the other AgrIInstitute Events. The listings in BOLD are donors giving for the first time, those returning after a break, or who have increased the level of support.
Numerous other individuals, businesses, and organizations contribute time and expertise for presentations, staff time for projects, and volunteer for committee membership and board service. These in- kind contributions are significant in helping to achieve the mission of preparing leaders to advance agriculture.
The time, talent and treasure contributed to AgrIInstitute makes a difference. We honor these supporters who are committed to Preparing Leaders to Advance Agriculture.
Every attempt is made to present this information accurately. If there is an error, please accept our apologies and let us know so that a correction can be made.
Honoring AgrIInstitute 2019 Annual Donors
$10,000 – $15,000
CHS Foundation
Corteva Agriscience
Farm Credit Mid-America
Indiana State Dept. of Agriculture
$1,000 – $2500
AgrIInstitute Fund of Community Foundation of Boone County
AgrIInstitute Fund of Greater Lafayette Community Foundation
The Anderson Foundation
Belstra Milling
First Farmers Bank and Trust
Brian and Lorene Furrer Foundation
Harvest Land Co-op
Indiana Pork
Indiana Packers
Indiana State Poultry Association
Jerry Nelson Leadership Fund for AgIInstitute of the Knox County Community Foundation
Lamb Farms/Don and Jodi Lamb
Maple Leaf Farms
Miers Farms/David and Mary Miers
Peggy Naile
Remington Hybrid Seed Company
Stewart Grain Company
Dale and Nicole Winger
$5,000 – $7,500
AgrIInstitute Fund of Central Indiana Community Foundation
Co-Bank, Co-Alliance, Kevin Still
Farm Bureau Foundation
Marion County Farm Bureau
$500 – $1000
AgrIInstitute Fund of Benton Community Foundation
AgrIInstitute Fund of Daviess County Community Foundation
AgrIInstitute Fund of Community Foundation of DeKalb County
AgrIInstitute Fund of Hendricks County Community Foundation
AgrIInstitute Fund of Johnson County Community Foundation
AgrIInstitute Fund of Kosciusko County Community Foundation
AgrIInstitute FUnd of Wayne County Community Foundation
Jim and Beth Archer
Dan and Susan Arnholt
Boone County Farm Bureau
Brian and Elisha Buchanan
Ken Canfield
Michael and Maralee Edmondson
Farbest Foods
Brian and Kenda Resler Friend
Halderman Farm Management
Hendricks County Farm Bureau
Dan and Mary Meagher
Monsanto matching Matt and Barb Robertson
George and Nancy Morton
Matt and Barb Robertson
Tom and Trisha Sloma
Larry and Martha Tempel
Paul and Carolyn Todd
Roger Tormoehlen
Truax Farms/Hal and Susie Truax
$2,500 – $5,000
AgrIInstitute Fund of Heritage Fund (Bartholomew County Community Foundation
Ned DerHammer
Indiana Soybean Alliance
Land O’ Lakes matching Ceres Solutions
Merck Foundation
United Animal Health
$250 – $500
AgrIInstitute Fund of Community Foundation of Grant County
AgrIInstitute Fund of Hancock County Community Foundation
AgrIInstitute Fund of Putnam County Community Foundation
Paul and Cindy Baute
Don and Betsy Bower
Matt and Sarah Browning
Gary and Betty Chapman
Farmer’s Exchange
Fayette County Farm Bureau
Franklin County Farm Bureau
Gelfius Farms/Bill and Norma Gelfius
Hageman Foundation matching Brian Wise
Daniel and Telynda Hendrickson
Levi and Norma Huffman
Jim and Maggie Hurst
Tony and Sherry Johnson
Kentland Elevator
Jon and Kay Lantz
Phil and Marilyn Leisure
Joe and Betsy Milner
Jiqin Ni
Mark Scheumann
Shelby County Farm Bureau
Roger Sherer
Stoney Creek Vet Services matching Daniel and Telynda Hendrickson
Rush County Farm Bureau
Fred and Linda Walker
Jerry Williams
Brian and Jeannie Wise
$100 – $250
Agricor
Biddle Farms
Paul and Linda Brennan
W. Lowell Carnahan & Sons/Dennis and Pat Carnahan
Craig and Beth Carter
Ellsworth and Nancy Christmas
Rodney and Brenda Clamme
Tom and Jennifer Daugherty
Donna Dunn
Ken and Jackie Eitel
Chris and Tonya Fenner
Anne Hazlett
Dave and Georgi Henderson
Buzz and Peggy Horton
Indiana Extension Educators Assoc.
Integrity Biofuels
Rick and Linda Winkler
$100 – $250
Eric and Mindi McEwen
Dan and Mary Meagher
Gary and Johnsie Michael
Milligan Farms/Tom and Sandy Milligan
Network for Good
Dave and Cornelius Petriz
Starr Farms Partnerships/Brad Starr
Bernie and Jamie Sukala
Mark and Julie Thornburg
Villwock Farms/Don and Joyce Villwock
Glenna Hanks Wade
Justin and Sarah Wagler
Andy and Joni Wallman
Rick and Linda Winkler
Under $100
Tony and Cindy Aaron
Stephen and Jill Biddle
Charity on Top Foundation on behalf of Cress Hizer
Decatur County Farm Bureau
Jim and Jan Beaty
David and Danielle Hardin
Bobby Keen
Rodney and Carol Schwoeppe
Chuck Sponhauer
John and Lynn Whittington
Steve and Sherri Woll
Special Event Sponsors
Agribusiness Council of Indiana
American Dairy Association
Aubrey Coaching and Training
CHS Foundation
Co-Alliance
Farm Credit Mid America
Indiana Rural Health Association
Indiana Soybean Alliance
Indiana State Fair
Indiana State Department of Agriculture
POET
Purdue University Extension
Rural 1st
ALP Seminar Sponsors
BioTown Ag
Ken Canfield
CountryMark
IN Corn Marketing Council
IN Farm Bureau
IN Soybean Alliance
Matt and Erin Oberlies
Jim and Patty Wenning
2020 ALP Benefit Auction Donors
ALP Class 7
Paul Baute
Betsy Bower
Dennis Carnahan
Kendell Culp
Gary Dickerson
Ken Eitel
Howard Halderman
Troy Hill
Betsy Jones
Mark Legan
Dan Meagher
Ron Sheldon
Julia Wickard
ALP Class 16
Brian Blackford
Brent Ditmars
Drew Garretson
James Gentry
Paul Hodgen
Adam Kline
Josh Miller
Brad Nicholson
Megan Kuhn
Jennifer Stewart Burton
Amanda Mosiman
ALP Class 18
Ray Allison
Jackie Barber
Virgil Bremer
Daniel Collignon
Jeff Cummins
Meggie Foster
Jason Glenn
Rob Hays
Sam Hennessee
Guy Herrell
Matt House
Brett Jones
Rebecca Joniskan
Myron McClure
John Metzger
Nick Michel
Matt Nidlinger
Amie Osborn
Thomas Parker
Chelsea Poe
Todd Rodibaugh
Morgan Saltsgiver
Brianna Schroeder
Somula Schwoeppe
Kyle Shipman
Suzi Spahr
Carrie Vollmer-Sanders
Sarah Wagler
Nathan Wainscott
Laura Watenpool
Business and Individual Contributors
Ag Plus, Inc.
AgrIInstitute
AgrIInstitute Board of Directors
American Dairy Assoc. of IN
Jim and Beth Archer
Dan and Susan Arnholt
Beck’s Hybrids
Beutler Meat Processing Co.
BioTown Ag
Bose McKinney & Evans LLP
Bunge
Glen and Nancy Casada
Ceres Solutions Cooperative
The Cisco Companies
Co-Alliance, LLP
Comedy Sportz Indianapolis
Conner Prairie
CountryMark
Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch
Cunningham Restaurant Group
Denhart Mercantile
John and Eileen Dudenhoeffer
Tom Dull
Dull’s Tree Farm
Donna Dunn
Environforensics.LLC
Elanco
French Lick Winery
Brian and Kenda Resler Friend
Dan Gudenkauf and Robyn Heine
Halderman Farm Mgt. & Real Estate
Anne Hazlett
Hodgen Farms/Paul and Jennie Hodgen
Holiday World & Splashin’ Safari
Hunter’s Honey Farm
Indiana 4-H Foundation
Indiana Corn Marketing Council
Indiana Farm Bureau
Indiana Pacers
Indiana Packers Corp.
Indiana Pork
Indiana Sheep Assoc.
Indiana Soybean Alliance
Indiana State Fair
Indiana State Fair Foundation
Indianapolis Colts
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Indianapolis Museum of Art
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
Indianapolis Zoo and Whiteriver Gardens
Integrity Biofuels
Jacobi Sales
Kinter House Inn
Lamb Farms/Don and Jodi Lamb
Landmark Enterprises, LLC
Mark and Phyllis Legan
Legan Livestock and Grain
Mallow Run Winery
Scott and Cheryl Maple
Maple Leaf Farms
Merck Animal Health
N.K. Hurst Company
Peggy Naile
Newfields
Oliver Winery
Michele Payn
Perdue Farms
Gerald Powell
Red Gold
Matthew and Melissa Rekeweg
Morgan Saltsgiver and Jeff Carnahan
Eric and Natalie Schilling
Science Central
Roger Sherer
Sudan Farms
Sun King Brewery
Larry and Martha Tempel
Tinker Coffee Company
Jeff and Lisa Troike
Tuttle Orchard
Valle Vista Golf Club
Chris and Julia Wickard
Auction Sponsors
Bose McKinney & Evans, LLP
Ceres Solutions Cooperative
Church Church Hittle + Antrim
CountryMark
Indiana Corn Marketing Council
Indiana Farm Bureau, Inc.
Indiana Soybean Alliance
Maple Leaf Farms
Red Gold
2019 Golf Sponsors
ALP Class 5
Mike Hirt
Cary Pearl
Rick Winkler
ALP Class 11
Ryan Bell
Greg Bilbrey
Mike Ferree
Kent Kleeman
Kenda Resler Friend
Jason Selking
Tim Tabert
Emily Otto Tice
Matt Legan/Truster Building
Linda Wood
Mark Woodruff
ALP Class XII
Joe Kelsay
Ryan Martin
Eric Schilling
John Whittington
ALP Class 14
Tony Aaron
Matt Bechdol
Tom Sloma
Scott Strickland
ALP Class 15
Jim Bishop
Chad Cass
Scott Gabbard
Cody Gault
Aaron Grant
Todd Greenwood
Nikki Hall
Todd Janzen
Clark Jordan
Danica Kirkpatrick
Ryan Law
Cary Mawbey
Adam Myers
Jiqin Ni
Eric Reed
ALP Clas 16
Tamara Benjamin
Brian Blackford
David Briel
Matt Casner
Maria Cooper
Brent Ditmars
Mike Dunn
Amir Faghih
Drew Garretson
Laura Gentis
James Gentry
Seth Harden
Paul Hodgen
Joe Horstman
Adam Kline
Megan Kuhn
Josh Miller
Amanda Mosiman
Brad Nicholson
Jennifer Stewart Burton
Christy Wright
ALP Class 17
Beau Baird
Amy Berg
Gary Book
Stephanie Burton
Meredith Cobb
Amanda Deering
Sarah Delbecq
Kelly Delp
Megan DeVelvis
Shermika Duerson
Chris Eck
Orville Haney
Mandy Haslett
Jennie Hodgen
Taylor Kessie
Rob LaFollette
Jessica Lehman
Brady Lingenfelter
Marc Roberts
Nicole Roberts
Courtney Lamie
Ryan Sanders
Mark Schmitt
Hans Schmitz
Brooke Smith
David Smith
Lesli Stasiek
Hannah Vorsilak
Ben Wicker
Mike Wilson
ALP Class 18
Ray Allison
Jackie Barber
Virgil Bremer
Dan Collignon
Jeff Cummins
Meggie Foster
Jason Glenn
Rob Hays
Sam Hennessee
Guy Herrell
Matthew House
Brett Jones
Becky Joniskan
Myron McClure
John Metzger
Nick Michel
Amie Osborn
Tom Parker
Chelsea Poe
Todd Rodibaugh
Morgan Saltsgiver
Brianna Schroeder
Somula Schwoeppe
Kyle Shipman
Suzi Spahr
Carrie Vollmer Sanders
Sarah Wagler
Nathan Wainscott
Laura Watenpool
Business and Individual Donors
AgDirect
AgriBusiness Finance
AgReliant Genetics
Beacon Credit Union
Bunge
Cargill
CountryMark
Elanco Animal Health
First Farmers Bank & Trust
First Financial Bank
First Merchants Bank
Farm Credit Services of Mid America
Fratco, Inc.
Halderman Farm Mgt. & Real Estate
Horizon Bank
Joe Horstman Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance
Horstman Cattle Co.
Jim and Maggie Hurst
N.K. Hurst Co.
Ingredion
Integrity Biofuels
Maple Leaf Farms
North Salem State Bank
Perdue Farms
PhiBro Animal Health
S & G Services