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Growing up in a family deeply rooted in agriculture, Sydney Septer was introduced to the industry at an early age. Raised on an acreage in southern Iowa, she began her agricultural journey through a cow-calf operation, raising Angus cattle as part of her FFA supervised agricultural experience.

Growing up on a corn and soybean farm in central Ohio, Maci Carter was immersed in agriculture from a young age. From delivering meals to the field with her mom to riding in the cab of a tractor with her dad, agriculture was part of everyday life.

C.J. Miller
Assistant News Director
Hoosier Ag Today/Michigan Ag Today

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Shaun Haney, founder and CEO of RealAgriculture, says farm broadcasting was never the plan.

For graduate student Natasha Hightower, agriculture has always been more than a career path—it’s the foundation of her life. Raised on a small cattle operation in Bailey, Ark., she jokes that she was “trying to pet cows at two years old while my mom freaked out.”