Indiana Nominating Committee Election

Dan Arnholt

Columbus

Arnholt is part-owner of Sudan Farms Inc. raising corn and soybeans on 1,500 acres, custom farms 600 acres and conducts soil testing, lime and gypsum application in several counties. He served as CEO or interim CEO for several Rural Electric Membership Corporations and on the boards of CAPCO, AgrIInstitute, Columbus Economic Development Board, Columbus Chamber of Commerce, Indiana 4-H Tractor Committee and Heritage Fund of Bartholomew County. Arnholt has served on the Farm Credit Mid-America Nominating Committee. He currently is Captain of Elder Team for St. Peters Lutheran Church, leader of Bartholomew County 4-H Tractor Program, coordinator of AgrIInstitute’s Community Foundation program and Chairman of Bartholomew County Redevelopment Commission.

A. J. Booher

West Lafayette

Booher and his wife, Amy, own 740 acres and lease an additional 3,600 acres on which they raise corn, soybeans and cattle. He is the sixth generation on the family farm, which has been in business for 162 years. A.J. assumed management of the farm in 1993, and since that time, the farm has grown from 1,400 acres to 4,300 acres. Along with his wife, he also started a vacation condo rental business in Florida. Booher is a member of the Farm Credit Mid-America Advocate Council and has served on the Farm Credit Mid-America Nominating Committee for 10 years.He is an Alpha Gamma Rho Alumni and serves on the AGR Corporation Board.

Katharine Burger

Cedar Grove

Burger is a Financial Advisor. She and her husband have a row crop operation raising corn, beans, wheat and feeder steers on 82 acres. She assists with her mother and father-in-law’s dairy farm part-time. Burger is a graduate of Purdue University with a Master of Science in Agricultural Systems Management and a Bachelor of Science degree in Agricultural Economics. Burger was previously employed with Farm Credit Mid-America for four years. She has 10 years of experience in financial services and advising in her role as broker.

Luke Dougherty

Boggstown

Dougherty farms approximately 3,500 acres, growing a diverse array of value-added specialty crops including waxy corn, white corn, seed corn, seed beans, popcorn, non-GMO beans, seed wheat, cucumbers and organic production. He also co-owns an aerial application drone business, spraying over 20,000 acres. Dougherty holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Purdue University in Agriculture Economics with a concentration in Farm Management. He serves on the Farm Credit Mid-America Advocate Council, is a member of the Premier Ag Insight Group, and a parishioner at Rocklane Christian Church.

Kaleb Hemmelgarn

Portland

Hemmelgarn farms approximately 400 acres in Indiana and Ohio, growing soybeans, corn and wheat. His operation also owns, manages and oversees both commercial and residential real estate in East-Central Indiana. Hemmelgarn has more than a decade of experience in the ethanol industry and currently works for CTE Global, supporting ethanol plants across Indiana, Ohio, Michigan and Illinois. He serves as the President of the Portland Foundation and as President, Treasurer and Secretary of Jay County Peewee Football, an organization that he has served since 2013.

George Kakasuleff

Cicero

Kakasuleff is a full-time farmer, growing corn and soybeans in his operation. He has farmed for 21 years and has 15 years of experience running a landscape supply business. Kakasuleff earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Agrinomic Business and Marketing from Purdue University. He currently serves as the Hamilton County Farm Bureau President.

Scott Maple

Kokomo

Maple is a third-generation partner in a multi-family commercial grain operation raising corn, soybeans and wheat on 403 owned and 6,100 leased acres. Maple teaches agriculture as an adjunct professor at Ivy Tech Community College. He is a member of the Farm Credit Mid-America Advocate Council. He is Policy Chairman for Howard County Farm Bureau, serves on the Board of Directors of Kokomo Rescue Mission, on the Advisory Group for Purdue Center for Commercial Ag and is a member of Crossroads Community Church. He has served on the Farm Credit Mid-America Nominating Committee.

Cody Musser

Fowler

Musser is a full-time farmer, with a row crop operation in Benton County, primarily focusing on corn and soybeans with a small cow/calf operation. He returned to his family farm in 2013 and began farming with his uncle; he continues that family farm today with his wife, Ashley, and operates Musser Ag, LLC. Musser earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Agriculture Business Management from Purdue University and has been a member of the Farm Credit Mid-America Advocate Council since 2024.

Jacob Smoker

Wanatah

Smoker is a full-time farmer raising corn, seed corn, soybeans, wheat, barley and cattle. He is a graduate of Purdue University. He worked for five years as a District Manager for a large grocery retailer. Smoker previously served as Vice President of LaPorte County Farm Bureau and as Chairman and Member of Indiana Farm Bureau’s Young Farmers State Committee. He currently serves on Indiana Farm Bureau’s Production Policy Advisory Board and Oversight Committee District 1. He is also a current member of the Farm Credit Mid-America Advocate Council.

Brian Wise

Carmel

Wise runs a cash grain operation on 784 acres. He has 24 years of commercial banking experience, primarily in agribusiness, 8 years of general management of an integrated swine operation, and 14 years in institutional farmland acquisition and management. He is currently on the board of the Indiana 4-H Foundation.