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 2018 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 2018 Annual Donors
$10,000 – $15,000
CHS Foundation
Farm Credit Mid-America
Indiana State Dept. of Agriculture
$1,000 – $2500
Ag Plus Cooperative
The Anderson Foundation
Beck’s Superior Hybrids
Belstra Milling
First Farmers Band and Trust
Brian and Lorene Furrer Foundation
Harvest Land Co-op
Indiana Pork
Indiana Electric Cooperative
Indiana Packers
Land O’Lakes match for Ag Plus
Maple Leaf Farms
Miers Farms/David and Mary Miers
Remington Hybrid Seed Company
Stewart Grain Company
Tom and Luann Troxel
$5,000 – $7,500
Co-Bank, Co-Alliance, Kevin Still
Corteva
Elanco
Farm Bureau Foundation
Marion County Farm Bureau
$500 – $1000
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
Indiana State Poultry Assoc.
Don and Jodi Lamb
George and Nancy Morton
Jim and Kathy Moseley
Peggy Naile
Matt and Barb Robertson
Tom and Trisha Sloma
Larry and Martha Tempel
Truax Farms/Hal and Susie Truax
Dale and Nicole Winger
$2,500 – $5,000
United Animal Health
Land O’ Lakes matching Ceres Solutions
$250 – $500
John and Tamilee Nennich Adolph
Kim and Gina Ames
Paul and Cindy Baute
Don and Betsy Bower
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
Hawley Farms/Jay and Suzanne Hawley
Levi and Norma Huffman
Tony and Sherry Johnson
Kentland Elevator
Jon and Kay Lantz
Phil Leisure
Joe and Betsy Milner
Mohler Farms/Allen and Jane Mohler
Jiqin Ni
Mark Scheumann
Shelby County Farm Bureau
Roger Sherer
Paul and Carolyn Todd
Roger Tormoehlen
Fred and Linda Walker
Jerry Williams
$100 – $250
Agricor
Cindy Barnett
Biddle Farms
Paul and Linda Brennan
Matt and Sarah Browning
W. Lowell Carnahan & Sons/Dennis and Pat Carnahan
Craig and Beth Carter
Gary and Mary Chenowith
Wendy Dant Chesser
Ellsworth and Nancy Christmas
Rodney and Brenda Clamme
Decatur County Farm Bureau
Ken and Jackie Eitel
Gary and Natalie Haynes
Dave and Georgi Henderson
Buzz and Peggy Horton
Mike and Dee Hirt
Indiana Extension Educators Assoc.
Gary and Shelley McDaniel
$100 – $250
Eric and Mindi McEwen
Dan and Mary Meagher
Gary and Johnsie Michael
Mid America Cooperative/Rod Kelsay
Milligan Farms/Tom and Sandy Milligan
Matt and Erin Oberlies
Marty and Linda Park
Dave and Cornelius Petriz
Matthew and Melissa Rekeweg
Tom and Elizabeth Schaffer
Starr Farms/Brad Starr
Bernie and Jamie Sukala
Mark and Julie Thornburg
Troxel Dairy Farm
Villwock Farms/Don and Joyce Villwock
Glenna Hanks Wade
Rick and Linda Winkler
Brian and Jeannie Wise
Under $100
GeoSilos, LLC
Bobby Keen
Josh and Danica Kirkpatrick
Gary Mithhoefer
Matt Moorman
Rodney and Carol Schwoeppe
Chuck Sponhauer
Thought Leader and Special Event Sponsors
Indiana Soybean Alliance
Indiana State Department of Agriculture
Community Foundation Endowed Funds
AgrIInstitute Fund of Benton Community Foundation
AgrIInstitute Fund of Community Foundation of Boone County
AgrIInstitute Fund of Central Indiana Community Foundation
AgrIInstitute Fund of Daviess County Community Foundation
AgrIInstitute Fund of Community Foundation of DeKalb County
AgrIInstitute Fund of Community Foundation of Grant County
AgrIInstitute Fund of Community Foundation of Greater Lafayette
AgrIInstitute Fund of Hancock County Community Foundation
AgrIInstitue Fund of Hendricks County Community Foundation
Dan Arnholt AgrIInstitute Fund of Heritage Fund (The Community Foundation of Bartholomew County)
AgrIInstitute Fund of Johnson County Community Foundation
AgrIInstitute Fund of Koscuisko County Community Foundation
Jerry Nelson Leadership Fund of AgrIInstitute of Knox County Community Foundation
AgrIInstitute Fund of Putnam County Community Foundation
AgrIInstitute Fund of Wayne County Community Foundation
ALP Seminar Sponsors
ALP Class 16
Jim and Jan Beaty
BioTown Ag
Buchanan Farms/Allen and Jayme Buchanan
W. Lowell Carnahan & Sons/Dennis and Pat Carnahan
Consolidated Grain and Barge
CountryMark
Grain Processing Corp.
Kent Harris
Horstman Cattle Co./Joe Horstman
IN Corn Marketing Council
IN Soybean Alliance
Perdue Farms
LLS S Partnerships/Larry Rusch
Joe and Suzi Singleton
Greg Slipher
Roger and Jane Ade Stevens
Tippecanoe County Farm Bureau
Villwock Farms/Don and Joyce Villwock
Vincennes Area ALP Graduates
2019 ALP Benefit Auction Donors
ALP Class 7
Scott Beck
Paul Baute
Betsy Bowers
Paul Brennan
Ken Eitel
Howard Halderman
Troy Hill
Betsy Jones
Mark Legan
Dan Meagher
Ron Sheldon
Julia Wickard
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
ALP Class 18 (continued)
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
AgRecycle
Ag Plus, Inc.
AgrIInstitute
AgrIInstitute Board of Directors
Albanese Candy Company
American Dairy Assoc. of IN
Jim and Beth Archer
Dan and Susan Arnholt
Beck’s Hybrids
Beeza Honey
Beutler Meat Processing Co.
BioTown Ag
Bose McKinney & Evans LLP
Glen and Nancy Casada
Center for the Performing Arts
Ceres Solutions Cooperative
CliftonLarsonAllen, LLP
Co-Alliance, LLP
Comedy Sportz Indianapolis
Conner Prairie
Corteva
Corteva ALP Graduates
CountryMark
Cousin Willie’s
Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch
Deatsman Grain Farm
Benoit and Sarah Delbecq
Denhart Mercantile
John and Eileen Dudenhoeffer
Donald and Shermika Duerson
Dull’s Tree Farm
Donna Dunn
DuPont Pioneer
Easley Winery
Eiteljorg Museum
Elanco
Embassy Suites by Hilton, Plainfield, IN
Enduro Plus Forage Products
Fleming Family Beef
Fort Wayne Tincaps
French Lick Resort
Brian and Kenda Resler Friend
Charlie Garrison
Rick and Laura Gentis
Dan Gudenkauf
Halderman Farm Mgt. & Real Estate
Anne Hazlett
Hodgen Farms/Paul and Jennie Hodgen
Indiana 4-H Foundation
Indiana Beef Cattle Assoc.
Indiana Corn Marketing Council
Indiana FFA Leadership Center
Indiana Farm Bureau
Indiana Fever
Indiana Pacers
Indiana Packers Corp.
Indiana Pork
Indiana Sheep Assoc.
Indiana Soybean Alliance
Indiana State Fairgrounds
Indiana State Poultry Assoc.
Indianapolis Colts
Indianapolis Indians
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Indianapolis Museum of Art
Integrity Biofuels
Jacobi Sales
Kinter House Inn
Lamb Farms/Don and Jodi Lamb
Landmark Enterprises, LLC
Mark and Phyllis Legan
Maple Leaf Farms
Merck Animal Health
Myers Sod Farm, LLC
Peggy Naile
National FFA Organization
Gerald Powell
Rick’s Boatyard Cafe
Purdue Reamer Club
Red Gold
Matthew and Melissa Rekeweg
Morgan Saltsgiver and Jeff Carnahan
Ryan and Carrie Vollmer-Sanders
Roger Sherer
Suzi Spahr
Shoup’s Country Foods and Market
Sun King Brewery
Larry and Martha Tempel
Tinker Coffee Company
Mark Thornburg
Jeff and Lisa Troike
Valle Vista Golf Club
Chris and Julia Wickard
Mike and Dana Wilson
Auction Table Sponsors
Bose McKinney & Evans, LLP
Ceres Solutions Cooperative
CountryMark
Indiana Corn Marketing Council
Indiana Soybean Alliance
Indiana State Dept. of Agriculture
North Salem State Bank
Red Gold
2018 Golf Sponsors
ALP Class 5
Mike Hirt
Cary Pearl
Rick Winkler
ALP Class 8
Chris Fenner
Burt Eichison
ALP Class XII
Joe Kelsay
Eric Schilling
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
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
Megan Kuhn
Josh Miller
Amanda Mossiman
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
AgReliant Genetics
AXA Equitable
Bayer Crop Science
BLNKPG
Bose McKinney & Evans, LLP
Cargill
CountryMark
Elanco Animal Health
First Financial Bank
First Merchants Bank
Farm Credit Services of MidAmerica
Fratco, Inc.
Halderman Farm Mgt. & Real Estate
Doug Harvey
Joe Horstman Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance
Horstman Cattle Co.
Jim and Maggie Hurst
N.K. Hurst Co.
Indiana Pork
Ingredion
Integrity Biofuels
Janzen Agricultural Law
John Lantz
Maple Leaf Farms
North Salem State Bank
Perdue Farms
Raymond James and Assoc.
Red Gold
Ken Zanzalari