Colorado Agriculture Hall of Fame
The Colorado Agriculture Hall of Fame Banquet is held annually to honor those who have made significant contributions to our state and nation’s agricultural industry. All of the members’ portraits are displayed at the Colorado Department of Agriculture offices. Proceeds from the banquet support the Colorado FFA Foundation.
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Members of the Colorado Agriculture Hall of Fame
Meet our newest inductees to be honored Feb.23,2012
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DR. ALAN FOUTZ
Dr. Alan Foutz farms wheat and sunflowers at his family farm in Akron Colorado. Mr. Foutz attended graduate school at Colorado State University, finished his Pd.D. in plant genetics at the University of Arizona and was a professor at California Polytechnic State University. Foutz served as Vice President and President of the Colorado Farm Bureau, the state’s largest general agriculture organization. He has also represented Colorado on numerous national trade, commodity, and farm advisory boards, including the National Sunflower Board of Directors and the American Farm Bureau Wheat Advisory Committee. He represented agriculture in his tenure on the board of Southern Farm Bureau Property and Casualty Company and has received the Conservation Service Award from the U.S. Department of Interior. Foutz is a minister at the First Presbyterian Church in Kimbal, Nebraska.
MR. DAWSON JORDAN
A dairy man all his life, Dawson Jordan has dedicated countless hours to the betterment of the Colorado dairy industry. Serving as the Colorado State University Dairy Extension Specialist Jordan worked to educate Colorado dairy producers in new herd management techniques, record keeping improvements and technology adoption. While at CSU, Jordan was promoted to full Professor of Dairy Science, managed the CSU Dairy, and coached the nationally ranked CSU Dairy Judging Team. Jordan founded the Colorado Dairy Youth Foundation and has been an important part of the statewide Colorado 4-H and FFA organizations. Jordan also served as a Dairy Account Consultant for RaboBank and served in numerous positions with dairy cattle breed organizations.
MR. REGGIE WYCKOFF
A third generation Washington County wheat grower, Reggie Wyckoff has represented Colorado as President of the National and Colorado Associations of Wheat Growers. Mr. Wyckoff also served in many other national leadership posts such as a stint as the Director of the Farmers Marketing Association, a member of the Chicago Board of Trade Advisory Committee, and part of the Federal Grain Inspection Service Advisory Committee. He helped found the Mountain View Harvest Cooperative and was instrumental in encouraging Colorado wheat growers to select varieties for baking quality rather than just yield. Mr. Wyckoff has spoken at international commodity conferences and is the Chair of the Colorado Farm Service Agency State Committee.
Announcing the First “Rising Star In Agriculture” recipient
MR. MIKE THOREN
Mike Thoren is currently the president and CEO of JBS Five Rivers Cattle Feeding, LLC and has been since the company’s inception. From 2003-2005 he was the president and CEO of ContiBeef LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Continental Grain Company. Mike began his career in the Cattle Feeding Division of Continental Grain Co in 1991. He worked his way up through the company as a cowboy, yard foreman, and feedyard general manager in Lamar, Director of feedlot operations, Vice President of Operations and now, CEO. Mike received his bachelor’s in agribusiness in 1990 and his masters in agricultural economics from Washington State University in 1991. He currently resides in Berthoud, Colorado with his wife of twenty years Christina, and their four children.