Green County Farm Bureau president Ben Huber represented Wisconsin in the Excellence in Agriculture competition at the American Farm Bureau Convention. He gave a 25-minute presentation to a panel of judges featuring his work in agriculture, farm bureau involvement and shared ideas on how to connect consumers of all ages back to farmers. 

Huber is the agronomy department manager for Insight FS where he works with the marketing and purchasing of Insight’s fertilizer, chemical and seed business, along with coaching and training their agronomy staff. The Excellence in Agriculture Award is awarded to a Farm Bureau member between the ages of 18 and 35 who is actively engaged in agriculture but derives the majority of his or her income from an off-farm agricultural career. 

This contest encourages young farmers and agriculturists to discuss current agriculture issues and challenges. The panelists discuss and seek to develop realistic and workable solutions to improve the agriculture industry. Leege is a science communications manager at the Alliance of Crop, Soil and Environmental Science Societies. Leege, right, participated in two rounds of discussion with other young farmers and ranchers from across the country talking about topics like cell- and plant-based meat alternatives and solutions to agricultural labor.