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      Emily French

      Consultant and Founder at Global Ag Protein
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      Jim Meyer

      Managing Director at Golden Square
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      Joel Ross

      Author of Ross Rant and Principal at Citadel Realty Advisors
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      Michael Lewitt

      CEO at Third Friday Management
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      David Perry

      CEO at Indigo Ag
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      Sam Parr

      Co-Founder and CEO at The Hustle
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      Chris Gronkowski

      Owner and Inventor at Ice Shaker
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      Molly Bloom

      Inspirational Keynote Speaker and Author of "Molly's Game"

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      Lucy Stitzer

      Director of Cargill

      Great Conversation with One of the Most Influential Voices in Agriculture!

      -Lucy Stitzer

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      Grant Wells

      CEO at Wells Ag Supply

      Taking Ag Retail to Scale, Exotic Hunting Trips, and the Future of Biologicals

      -Grant Wells

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      Cameron Norgate

      Co-Founder

      Your Outsourced Ag CTO featuring Pattern Ag

      -Cameron Norgate

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      Lars Dyrud

      CEO

      Your Outsourced Ag CTO featuring EarthOptics

      -Lars Dyrud

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      Chad Brommer

      CTO at Harpe Bioherbicide

      Your Outsourced Ag CTO featuring Harpe Bioherbicide

      -Chad Brommer

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      Trevor McKeeman

      CEO at HitchPin

      Your Outsourced Ag CTO featuring HitchPin

      Kevin Van Trump and Carter Williams sit down with Trevor McKeeman, CEO at HitchPin, to discuss introduction to Your Outsourced Ag CTO, iSelect’s most exciting current investments, HitchPin’s first ever customer, providing producers with technology to build their own storefront, thinking about locational as well as transactional businesses, listings for over $1 million on the platform, some of the biggest concerns in the ag supply chain, and why hay is gaining the most traction with HitchPin. There are also lots of other great topics discussed. This is an episode you don’t want to miss!

      -Trevor McKeeman

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      David Farley

      CEO at Matrix Commodities

      Grain Markets in 2020, Building a Successful Culture, and the Importance of Family

      “The most important thing in life is you need to know where you’re going. You don’t want to arrive at someone else’s future. You need to be able to look to your left and to your right, you need to respect where you come from, know what you’ve learned, and understand what your future is and what it’s going to take for you to get there.”

      -David Farley

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      Codie Sanchez

      Founder & Writer at Contrarian Thinking

      Investing in Emerging Markets, Focusing on Cash Flow, and Becoming a Full-Time Investor

      At the end of the day, cool people are attracted to people doing cool shit! If you’re doing cool shit, you’re just going to keep attracting more cool people!

      -Codie Sanchez

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      Jake Joraanstad

      Co-Founder and CEO at Bushel

      Growing Agriculture in Space, Circuit Racing, and Digital Wallets

      “No one is going to invest in you if they don’t believe you have the ability to build the right team.”

      -Jake Joraanstad

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      Zach Johnson

      Founder at Millennial Farmer

      Dirt Track Racing, Passing Down the Family Farm, and Blowing Up on YouTube

      “Remember to stay positive in life because bitter and jealous people will always try to bring you down when you become successful. Rather than cutting others down and making excuses like most, concentrate on making yourself better and being who you want to be in life.”

      -Zach Johnson

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      Ezra Levine

      CEO at Collectable

      Sports Cards, Working on Wall Street, and What’s Next For Fractional Investing

      “Fractional ownership is absolutely the next frontier, and its just getting started.”

      -Ezra Levine

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      Carter Williams

      CEO at iSelect Fund

      Bombs, Sailing, and Agriculture

      “If you think you can do it, then you can probably do it. It just requires incredibly hard work and not imagining there’s any barriers.”

      -Carter Williams

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      Jay Felton

      Litigation Partner at Lathrop GPM

      Being a 5th Generation Farmer, Hiking the Great Pyramid of Giza, and Working for the Best Law Firm in Agriculture

      “Be who you are, be true to yourself, and strive to do the right thing. Don’t worry about the recognition and trying to be remembered. Just do the right thing.”

      -Jay Felton

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      Ben Hudye

      Chairman at Hudye Group

      The Great Commodity Super Cycle, Energy Vortexes, 4 Secrets to Success, and Becoming a Real Estate Genius

      “There are four secrets to success as they say! They are: do what you say, finish what you start, be on time, and say please & thank you. They’re pretty simple and pretty straightforward, but have such power because when you look at each of them individually it about says it all.”

      -Ben Hudye

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      Mary Shelman

      Founder at the Mary Shelman Group

      Women in Ag, Millennials Affecting Agriculture, and Director of Agribusiness at Harvard.

      “Agriculture is the most important industry in the world. If you want to have an impact on the world, which I think more and more of our young people want, then agriculture is the place to be. ”

      -Mary Shelman

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      Bret Sitzmann

      Head of Ecosystem & Grain at Solinftec

      Working With the Family on the Farm, Improving Grain Logistics, and Having A Front Row Seat in Ag Tech the Past 20 Years with Bret Sitzmann

      “Nothing I’ve loved more than having a front row seat in ag tech the past twenty years”

      -Bret Sitzmann

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      Brian Schinderle

      Founder of Solidum Capital Advisors LLC

      Cannabis, Crude Oil, and Corn

      Brian Schinderle currently serves as Executive Vice President – Finance of Grassroots Cannabis (Grassroots) and is focused on strategy, capital markets, investor relations and mergers & acquisitions. Grassroots operates a vertically integrated cannabis business with current operations in 12 states and > 900 employees as of March 2020.

      Brian is also the Managing Member and is the Founder of Solidum Capital Advisors LLC (Solidum). Solidum invests both its own capital as well as working in partnership with a select group of family offices, high net worth individuals and non-traditional sources of capital.

      -Brian Schinderle

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      Bryce Wells

      Vice Chairman of the Transportation Intermediaries PAC

      Leading During Difficult Times, Thinking Outside-the-Box, and NEW Investment Ideas

      Mr. Wells is a former member and director of the Kansas City Board of Trade, a former director of the National Grain and Feed Dealers Association, a past Chairman of the Country Elevator Committee and has participated as a member of the North American Grain Export Association.

      -Bryce Wells

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      Clint Brauer

      CEO of Greenfield Robotics and Owner at MG Honors Farms

      Cheap Equipment, Fast Times in LA, and Chemical-Free Farming with Clint Brauer

      “One of the most important things we have to do is decide what data is important. You can spend a lot of time doing reports and looking at meaningless data every day… If you haven’t decided ahead of time what you’re going to do with the data and don’t have a plan, then you’re just wasting your time.”

      -Clint Brauer

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      Howard Getson

      CEO at Capitalogix

      Artificial Intelligence Trading, the Dallas Cowboys, and Visiting Pablo Escobar’s House

      “You can predict a whole lot about your life by the five people you spend the most time with. If you really want to change your life, then you have to change your peer group. For me, you’re either growing or dying.”

      -Howard Getson

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      Chris Rivera

      CEO at Emulate Therapeutics

      Biotech Jet Setter, Winning the Congressional with Stewart Cink, and Bacardi Deals

      “The most important thing you can invest in during your life is in your education. People can take away your car, they can take your house, and they can take your money, but they can’t take your education.”

      -Chris Rivera

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      Stretch

      Founder & Visionary Creator at Grinders

      Being on MTV, Giving Back to the Troops, and How to be a Visionary Creator

      “Don’t be afraid to take chances! You have to take chances! You will never know what’s going to happen without doing it. Figure it out, take chances, cut your hair different, or whatever it’s going to be because there’s no reason to do what everybody else is doing.”

      -Stretch

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      Braden Hudye

      President of The Hudye Group

      Agri-retail, Real Estate Cycles, Garth Brooks, and Snowmobiles

      “Purpose before profit. If you know yourself, who you are, and what you want out of life, then plan for it and go after it. It’s about the journey and not the destination.”

      -Braden Hudye

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      Chad Rosen

      Founder and CEO at Victory Hemp

      Wendell Berry, How the Peace Corps Led to Business Success, and Navigating the Hemp Space

      “There is only one reason that Whole Foods is as big as they are… It’s because they listened to the consumers and created a market for what they wanted.”

      -Chad Rosen

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      Travis Potter

      Founder at Tractor Soda

      The First Organic Beef Ranch, Working With Whole Foods, and Running Restaurants

      “Be willing to fail, but not so hard it kills everybody in the process. Learn from the failure and keep innovating. Constantly be innovating.”

      -Travis Potter

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      Eric Jackson

      CEO at Pipeline Foods

      Setting Farmers up for Success and Learning the Pitfalls of Diversifying with Organics

      “We need more kids coming through the school system that are excited about agriculture, excited about food, and excited about everything agriculture represents. If we can get kids in school involved in everything required to make agriculture, ecosystems, and biodiversity a real thing in the marketplace, then we will have done a real thing!”

      -Eric Jackson

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      Loren Howard

      Founder and Chief Manager at Prime Plus Mortgages

      Being Ranked Top 10 in the 2006 NFL Draft, Holding World Records, and Hard Money Loans

      “The biggest failure I see business owners make today is they don’t want to let go of roles they have in the business. In other words, people work in their business and not on their business. At the end of the day, it seems like most business owners are afraid to delegate and it really holds them back.”

      -Loren Howard

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      Barrett Ersek

      CEO at Holganix

      Gratitude, Monks, and Million Dollar Businesses

      “A wise person learns from his experience, but an extremely wise person learns from the experience of others”

      -Barrett Ersek

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      Tom Willis

      CEO at Conestoga Energy

      Life Lessons, Herding Sheep, and the Future of Ethanol

      “The single biggest thing that I’ve learned in life or that’s had the biggest impact on me is never give up on a dream. If you’re willing to work smart and willing to work hard, there’s never been more opportunity out there than there is today. You have to be willing to take some risks, you have to live with that risk, and you have to live with the idea you can fail.”

      -Tom Willis

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      Mark Young

      CTO at The Climate Corporation

      The Future of Gaming, Secrets Behind Raising Money, Fly Fishing, and Making Better Decisions on the Farm

      “Figure out what you love to do and go do it. The saying, ‘If you pick something you love to do, then you’ll never have to work a day in your life is true. The thing that keeps me going every day is I love what I’m doing in technology and I love bringing it to farmers.”

      -Mark Young

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      Kellee James

      CEO at Mercaris

      Horseback Riding, $27 Soybean Premiums, and Becoming an Organic Farmer

      “There’s always someone out there who has an interesting perspective. You have to learn how to be comfortable with being uncomfortable. Being comfortable with having new conversations. I’m always curious about people who have done something I’ve never done.”

      -Kellee James

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      Chris Masters

      CEO at Biovante

      Learning to Sell, Building Better Relationships, and Record Breaking Soybean Yields

      “There are sheep and there are goats. As an entrepreneur, if you have too many goats then they will consume everything you have and everything you are and your business will fail.”

      -Chris Masters

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      Carter Malloy

      CEO at AcreTrader

      Experiencing Eric Clapton, Duck Hunting, and Investing in Farm Ground

      “Work hard! That means to set a schedule for 12-hours a day. I try to do a minimum of 12-hours every day, of every week, of every month. The reason why, because if you work hard then you increase your chances of getting lucky. No matter what business you’re in, you want to get lucky. You’re not going to get lucky by wishing, wanting, or waiting.”

      -Carter Malloy

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      Jason Tatge

      CEO and Co-Founder of Farmobile

      Having a Digital Strategy Will Set You Apart From 90% of Growers

      “First thing growers need to think about is what is a digital strategy. You have to have a plan that ensures you have data in an on-demand format so it can be used to start making business decisions, instead of just relying on opinions, whether your own or your trusted advisors.”

      -Jason Tatge

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      J.P. Rhea

      CEO and Founder at Agrisecure

      Going Large Scale Organic is as Hard as You Think… but Worth It

      “You have to adapt to survive, there’s no complaining and we’re not entitled to grow whatever we want. We have to figure it out, run a business, and make money.”

      -J.P. Rhea

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