Who's News for Nov. 23

COURTNEY MANN of Cloverdale joined more than 550 of the top collegiate agriculture students on Nov. 7-10 in Kansas City, Mo., to engage in career preparation training at the Agriculture Future of America Leaders Conference.

For four days, Mann, who studies agricultural economics at Purdue University, participated in soft skill training provided by agriculture, education and facilitation professionals.

In the conference environment, Mann was surrounded by like-minded students who are passionate about agriculture and by agriculture professionals who have invested financially as well as relationally in these students' lives.

Land O'Lakes, Inc., is one of the organizations that partners with AFA to make this training possible. Land O'Lakes, Inc., specifically invested relationally in Mann.

While at conference, Mann was invited to a special breakfast hosted by Land O'Lakes, Inc. During this breakfast, Land O'Lakes, Inc., and Mann were able to connect and discuss Land O'Lakes' opportunities and Mann's interests. Mann was paired with Land O'Lakes, Inc., based on mutual interest.

Like all student delegates, Mann was competitively selected by AFA and its partners for conference participation and this opportunity to connect with Land O'Lakes, Inc. AFA Leaders Conference is just one collegiate and young professional leader development program offered by AFA, which exists as a catalyst in the preparation of the next generation of agriculture leaders.