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Educational Programs : Dakota Center for Technology-Optimized Ag : Steering committee
Steering committee
Members bring a wide range of viewpoints while fostering ability to articulate a vision for the future of technology-optimized agriculture on the northern high plains. The Committee will meet twice per year in order to review progress associated with program development, staffing, outcomes for North Dakota production agriculture, higher-technology job creation, and strategic positioning of the Center for future sustainability and growth.
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Bruce Anderson
Hailing from Glenburn, ND, Mr. Anderson is a cereal grain and row crop farmer and member of the national Board of Directors for CHS - Cenex-Harvest States). Contact Bruce Anderson via email.
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Bill Patrie
Bill Patrie of Mandan, ND is Rural Development Director for North Dakota Association of Rural Electrical Cooperatives. He has been at the forefront of contemporary electric energy development in North Dakota, and has assisted with entrepreneurial development and new company start-ups within public electric cooperative service areas for over three decades. Contact Bill Patrie through email.
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Denise Johnson
Denise Johnson of Devils Lake, ND serves as
Business and Community Programs Specialist for
USDA-Rural Development. Contact Denise Johnson through email.
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Donald Senechal
Donald Senechal of Gloucester, MA is a founding partner of Senechal, Jorgenson, and Hale, Inc., a leading-edge strategic planning and consulting firm for North American agribusiness. He is also Founding Principal of The Windmill Group, LLC, a firm providing management consulting services worldwide with clients in Asia, Europe, Central and North America. His summer home is located on the parental farm near Drake, ND. For more information contact Donald Senechal or Windmill Group Consulting.
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John Lee
John Lee is CEO of Agvise Laboratories & Agvise Research in Northwood, ND. Agvise is a leading provider of agronomic consulting services, soil, and plant fiber testing. Contact John Lee through email.
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Keith Peltier
Keith Peltier is founder and CEO of ProSeed, a premier seed foundation firm, providing oilseed and row crop seed to the upper Midwest, northern high plains, and Canadian provinces. Based in Harvey, ND, the firm also manages acreage in South America for the growth and propagation of new crop varieties.
Contact Keith Peltier through email.
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Scott Thompson
Scott A. Thompson is President of Ramsey National Bank & Trust Company, a major agricultural lender in the Devils Lake economic region. Contact Scott Thompson by email.
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Lanny Faleide
As an ex-officio member, Mr. Faleide is founder and CEO of Agri ImaGIS, a leader in the application of remote sensing technology within North American agriculture.
Based in Maddock, ND and Fargo, Agri ImaGIS is a private sector partner in the Dakota Center for Technology-Optimized Agriculture. Fore more information contact Lanny Faleide.
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Randy Mehlhoff
Randy Mehlhoff, serves as Director of the 750 acre NDSU Langdon Research Extension Center (LREC).
The primary focus of the LREC is to assist regional farmers solve production problems associated with
the diverse group of crops grown in the region. The LREC also has an active agriculturally based economic development program that assists rural communities to become more sustainable. Contact Randy Mehlhoff through email.
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