Indiana Nominating Committee Election

Dan Arnholt

Columbus

Arnholt is part-owner of Sudan Farms Inc. raising corn and soybeans on 1,500 acres, custom farms 600 acres, and conducts soil testing, lime and gypsum application in several counties. He served as CEO or interim CEO for several Rural Electric Membership Corporations and on the boards of CAPCO, AgrIInstitute, Columbus Economic Development Board, Columbus Chamber of Commerce, Indiana 4-H Tractor Committee, and Heritage Fund of Bartholomew County. Arnholt has served on the Farm Credit Mid-America Nominating Committee. He currently is Captain of Elder Team for St. Peters Lutheran Church, leader of Bartholomew County 4-H Tractor Program, coordinator of AgrIInstitute’s Community Foundation program and Chairman of Bartholomew County Redevelopment Commission.

A. J. Booher

West Lafayette

A.J. and his wife Amy own 740 acres and lease an additional 3,200 acres on which they raise corn, soybeans, cattle and hogs. He is the sixth generation on the family farm, which has been in business for 154 years. A.J. assumed management of the farm in 1993, since that time, the farm has grown from 1,400 acres to 3,900 acres. Along with his wife, he also started a vacation condo rental business in Florida. Booher is a member of the Farm Credit Mid-America Advocate Council and has served on the Farm Credit Mid-America Nominating Committee for 10 years. He is an Alpha Gamma Rho Alumni and serves on the AGR Corporation Board.

Katharine Burger

Cedar Grove

Burger is a Financial Advisor. She has a row crop operation raising corn, beans, wheat and feeder steers on 52 owned and 30 leased acres. She assists with her mother and father-in-law's dairy farm part-time. Burger is a graduate of Purdue University with a Master of Science in Agricultural Systems Management and a Bachelor of Science degree in Agricultural Economics. Burger was previously employed with Farm Credit Mid-America for four years. She has almost 8 years of experience in financial services and advising in her role as broker.

Lisa Hammock

Madison

Hammock is a self-employed general contractor, farmer and landlord. She raises soybeans, corn and hay and runs a cow/calf operation on 4,000 owned and 2,600 leased acres. She is a member of the Farm Credit Mid-America Advocate Council and a Board member of Jefferson County Planning Commission. She has served on the Farm Credit Mid-America Nominating Committee, is the former Secretary of the Madison Industrial Development Corporation, and former Vice President and former President of the Jefferson County Indiana Builders Association.

David Hardin

Avon

Hardin is a full-time farmer raising corn, soybeans, and wheat using both conventional and no-till practices on 375 owned and 1,975 leased acres. Additionally, he manages his family's 600 sow, farrow to finish swine operation. Hardin currently serves on the Farm Credit Mid-America Advocate Council and has served on the Farm Credit Mid-America Nominating Committee. He is a member of Indiana Pork Producers, Purdue Center for Commercial Agriculture Advisory Council, Hendricks County Farm Bureau, Hendricks County Health Board, Indiana Board of Animal Health, and the AgrIInstitute. In 2022, Hardin was inducted into the class of Indiana Prairie Farmer Master Farmers.

Scott Maple

Kokomo

Maple is a third-generation partner in a multi-family commercial grain operation raising corn, soybeans and wheat on 403 owned and 6,100 leased acres. Maple teaches agriculture as an adjunct professor at Ivy Tech Community College. He is a member of the Farm Credit Mid-America Advocate Council and is the former Vice Chairman of the Howard County Farm Service Agency County Committee. He is Policy Chairman for Howard County Farm Bureau, serves on the Board of Directors of Kokomo Rescue Mission and on the Advisory Group for Purdue Center for Commercial Ag, and is a member of Crossroads Community Church. He has served on the Farm Credit Mid-America Nominating Committee.

Kyle Musselman

Macy

Musselman is a full-time farmer. He owns and manages a multi-generational grain farm raising corn, soybeans and wheat and a wean to finish hog barn on 2,695 acres. Musselman also owns and manages his family’s custom farming and crop management operation. He is a graduate of Purdue University. Additionally, he is a member of the Farm Credit Mid-America Advocate Council and a member of Bachelor Creek Church of Christ.

Jacob Smoker

Wanatah

Jake Smoker is a full-time farmer raising corn, seed corn, soybeans, wheat, barley and cattle. He is a graduate of Purdue University. He worked for five years as a District Manager for a large grocery retailer. Smoker previously served as Vice President of LaPorte County Farm Bureau and as Chairman and Member of Indiana Farm Bureau’s Young Farmers State Committee. He currently serves on Indiana Farm Bureau’s Production Policy Advisory Board and Oversight Committee District 1. He is also a current member of the Farm Credit Mid-America Advocate Council.

Andrew Stewart

Greensburg

Stewart works full-time farming on his family’s row crop operation of which he owns 157 acres. The family operation raises commercial corn, seed soybeans, seed wheat, and Angus cattle. Stewart was previously employed with Farm Credit Mid-America for five years. He is Treasurer of the Indiana Beef Cattle Association, previously served as President of the Hospital Foundation of Decatur County and is on the Board of Directors of the Indiana Beef Evaluation Program. Additionally, he serves on the Farm Credit Mid-America Advocate Council.

Randall “Andy” Tauer

Monrovia

Tauer has a corn, soybean and equine operation on 70 owned acres. He currently works as the Executive Director of Public Policy for Indiana Farm Bureau, focusing on state, local, and federal policy issues. He previously served as the Director for the Morgan County Beef Cattle Association, the Executive Treasurer for the Indiana Quarter Horse Association and was on the Board of the Morgan County Extension Office.