A Century And A Half Ago, Pioneers Traveled West Along Three Legendary Trails In Search Of A Better Future. 

                                                                                                                                             Gregg Beemer has lived on a farm in the Navarre community all his life. He and his wife Joleen manage a grain and cow-calf operation. Before converting to a beef operation in 2012, Gregg operated a dairy along with his dad for 32 years.

Gregg is currently the chairman for the ATC board. He is a firm believer and supporter in the cooperative system. He feels the present formation of ATC will be a benefit to producers, as well as help our company keep pace with the changing technologies and economic challenges in agriculture today.

                                                                                                                                         Heath Gfeller lives in rural Chapman with his wife Stephanie and their two children Clara and Gracen. They spend most of their time doing activities with the kids, who enjoy 4-H, music, and tennis.

He currently farms with his father and grandfather. Their operation includes cattle, corn, soybeans, milo and wheat. Heath has been farming since he was in high school and after completing trades program decided to make farming his career.

When asked why he would like to serve on the board he replied “Serving on the board provides the opportunity to be part of keeping ATC a solid, forward-focused Coop. Many members, including myself, rely on the ACT’s services.

                                                                                                                                             Francis Jirak and his wife Mary live and farm southeast of Tampa. Francis presently has a small cow/calf operation and produces wheat, soybeans, and hay, enjoying all that life on the farm has to offer. He strives to instill that appreciation for farm life into his 5 children, their spouses and 25 grandchildren.

Francis takes great pride in serving the patrons of Agri Trails Coop as a board member. He presently serves on the board for Co-Ag Propane as the Agri Trails Coop representative. He says productive additions and improvements have proven beneficial for the Coop and continue to compete with the ever-growing Coops surrounding us.

                                                                                                                                    Mark J. Miller lives north of Chapman in the Upland community with his wife Pamela, children Wyatt who is studying to be a John Deere technician, Hanna & Newt. They are all involved in 4-H and church.

Mark is a fifth-generation farmer and with his father manages a cow-calf operation, raises wheat, milo, and soybeans. He has been farming his whole life and has experience in various jobs off the farm as a factory worker, center pivot setup, rebuilding hog buildings, fence building, pasture clearing, machinist helper, truck driver, commercial logger, and blade operator.

As a board of director for Agri Trails, Mark wants to help continue the great level of excellent service the Coop is already providing to its members. The opportunities for the coop he feels is to bring an even higher level of service to its members.

Michael Poland has been a part of the Chapman community his entire life. He and his wife Maci live on the family farm south of Chapman. Michael graduated from Kansas State University and worked as an agronomist at North Central Kansas Coop at the Navarre location before returning to the farm. He has been farming since 2013 raising corn, soybeans, wheat, milo and alfalfa. The farm also manages a cow/calf cattle herd as well as a heifer development program.
     Michael was a member of the KSU crops judging team and he currently serves on the Irish Foundation for Educational Excellence board.
     As a couple in the community Michael and his wife think it is important to be involved. He thinks this is a good opportunity to bring the insight of the younger generation of farmer to the ATC board.
 

                                                               Terry Reiff and his family live on the Reiff family farm south of Abilene. When not attending the kid’s activities he is busy on the farm, which consists of grain production, backgrounding cattle along with a cow/calf operation.

He has served on the Agri Trials Coop board since the consolidation and previously on the NCKC board for several years. Terry takes pride in serving on the ATC board and wishes to continue to represent all the Agri Trail’s patrons and members and provide products and services to meet their needs. He wants to continue to explore all opportunities that make the cooperative profitable.

                                                                                                                                    Kenny Stroda lives in northwest of Ramona, KS with his wife Lisa. They have two sons, Seth and Joseph, who live in Hope, KS and South of Ramona, KS. Kenny has lived and farmed in the Ramona area his whole life and both his sons are part of their farming operations now. Their farming operation consists of crops and cattle. The crops include wheat, corns, soybeans, hay and the cattle operation is primarily stockers to finish. 
Kenny has been a Coop board member no and off for 18 years. He feels the size of ATC gives us the opportunities to build facilities and services that will benefit our patrons, while keeping us competitive, but yet able to serve the producer individually.