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The Young Leader Program focuses on leadership, communications, and issues-based training but also builds a strong peer network, generating increased business success and stronger community involvement.

their community and the organizations they serve. Participants are not necessarily young in age. If you are interested in participating in the 2025 ASA Corteva AgriScience Young Leader Program, applications will be accepted beginning in July 2024. Please reach out to Rachel Telford, manager of member relations, at rtelford@gfo.ca or go to www.soygrowers.com for more information. l

Banks. “I’ve seen how different organizations and programs are run, and I think we can merge some of those farm resources together.” BUILDING A NETWORK The Young Leader Program focuses on leadership, communications, and issues based training but also builds a strong peer network, generating increased business success and stronger community involvement. Banks is keen to make those connections with other farmers and learn from them.

“I want to learn what others are doing on their farms and what other opportunities they are seeing in their area,” says Banks. “From an agronomy standpoint — they might do things a little differently, and that insight and knowledge is something I hope I can share back home.” The Young Leader Program targets soybean farmers who are in their beginning stages of leadership development and keen to take on a greater leadership role within

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