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Cresswell Hizer, Class 2
“The ALP Class is mostly responsible for giving me the great opportunity of serving the people of Indiana and its Agriculture Industry. There is seldom a day that goes by that I don’t utilize the network of ALP, for council, advice, and most importantly, friendship!”
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Greg Bilbrey
Key Account Manager
1984 BS Tennessee Tech University
1984 – 1988 Tennessee Farmers Co-op – manager trainee; manager
1998 – 1990 MS University of Tennessee – animals science; swine production management
1990-2006 Indiana Farm Bureau Co-op/Countrymark/Land O’Lakes – feed sales, service, management, production records
2006-2016 Agri Stats, Inc – swine production/processing benchmarking, global senior account manager – started operations in US, CAN, MEX, Russia, Latin America, South Korea – data analytics and opportunity analysis
2016 – current – Key Account Manager for PIC Swine Genetics – manage key accounts IN, MI, OH, PA, TN; operate swine grow-finish benchmarking comparison.…
Rob Hays
In Memory. Rob suddenly passed away in 2020 leaving an amazing legacy of impact across Indiana.
Richard A. Hilts
Vegetable Oils Broker
Kansas State University – B.S. Milling Science and Management 1979
Melissa Rekeweg
Managing Director , National Council for Ag Education & Assoc. Director Strategic Initiatives, Ntl FFA
Family: Married to Rhonda for 39 years, she is a music teacher at Jefferson Elementary. We have two daughters, two son-in laws and the latest grandchildren count is 5.
Farmer: Raised on a dairy farm in Middlebury. After graduating from Michigan State University Institute of Ag Technology, I purchased our family dairy farm. Starting with 28 dairy cows in 1978, the business gradually expanded to over 500 cows and farming about 1,000 acres.…