KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Caroline Weihl, an Otsego High School graduate from Perrysburg, joined more
than 550 of the top collegiate agriculture students Nov. 7-10 in Kansas City, Mo., to engage in career
preparation training at the Agriculture Future of America Leaders conference.For four days, Weihl, who
studies agricultural communications and journalism at Ohio State University, participated in soft skill
training provided by agriculture, education and facilitation professionals. In the conference
environment, she was surrounded by like-minded students, who are passionate about agriculture, and by
agriculture professionals who have invested financially as well as relationally in these students’
lives.Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) is one of the organizations that partners with AFA to make
this training possible, and was involved specifically in Weihl’s experience. While at the conference,
she was invited to a special breakfast hosted by ADM, during which company representatives and Weihl
were able to connect and discuss her interests as well as opportunities at the company."Agriculture
is faced with the challenge of meeting the demands of a growing global population and a rapidly
expanding global middle class," said Pete Goetzmann, vice president, ADM grain. "The young men
and women involved in AFA today are the leaders who will feed and clothe the world tomorrow."Like
all student delegates, Weihl was competitively selected by AFA and its partners for conference
participation and this opportunity.