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.

Joe Blandford

Hebron

Blandford owns and operates TriCreek Home Improvement and farms a grain operation part-time on 311 acres. He has owned TriCreek Home Improvement for 30 years and has experience in all aspects of the job including human resources, financial plans and commodities sales/purchases. He has been on the Farm Credit Mid-America Advocate Council for several years and is currently a member of the Orgill Dealer Advisory Council.

A. J. Booher

West Lafayette

A.J. and his wife, Amy, own 740 acres and lease an additional 3,200 acres on which they raise corn, soybeans, cattle and hogs. He is the sixth generation on the family farm, which has been in business for 154 years. A.J. assumed management of the farm in 1993; since that time, the farm has grown from 1,400 acres to 3,900 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 has 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 almost 8 years of experience in financial services and advising in her role as a 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 in Agriculture Economics from Purdue University 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 is a parishioner at Rocklane Christian Church.

David Hardin

Avon

Hardin is a full-time farmer raising corn, soybeans, and wheat using both conventional and no-till practices on 375 owned and 1,975 leased acres. Additionally, he manages his family’s swine operation. Hardin currently serves on the Farm Credit Mid-America Advocate Council and has served on the Farm Credit Mid-America Nominating Committee. He is a director on the Indiana Soybean Alliance Board, a member of Indiana Pork Producers, Purdue Center for Commercial Agriculture Advisory Council, Hendricks County Farm Bureau, Hendricks County Health Board, Indiana Board of Animal Health, and the AgrIInstitute class 12.

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 the Purdue Center for Commercial Ag, and is a member of Crossroads Community Church. He has served on the Farm Credit Mid-America Nominating Committee.

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.

Terry Strueh

Lafayette

Strueh is a part-time farmer running a corn, soybeans, and alfalfa operation. After forty years, he retired from maintaining a flock of registered Suffolk Ewes last fall. Strueh holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Agriculture from Purdue University, where he was employed in various roles for 39 years, the latest being Vice President of Government Relations. He previously served on the Purdue Ag Alumni Board, including as President of the organization. Strueh is currently a member of the Indiana State Fair Board of Directors, the State Fair Commission, and the Indiana Farm Bureau. He has also served in various roles at the Immanuel United Church of Christ Church.

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.