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February 16, 2025

Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins to Speak at Top Producer Summit

Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins and Sen. Roger Marshall, M.D., of Kansas will kick off this week’s Top Producer Summit in Kansas City. The event is among the secretary’s first public appearances since being confirmed Feb. 13.
Brooke Rollins

Rollins and Sen. Roger Marshall to speak and take questions from producers Tuesday, Feb. 18, at 8 a.m. in Kansas City.

Kansas City, Mo., (Feb. 16, 2025) – Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins and Sen. Roger Marshall, M.D., of Kansas will kick off this week’s Top Producer Summit in Kansas City. The event is among the secretary’s first public appearances since being confirmed Feb. 13.

A special one-day event pass is available for agriculture industry stakeholders to hear Secretary Rollins share her vision for U.S. agriculture. Advanced registration is required due to security protocols. Register now with discount code ONEDAY to receive the special rate.

Tickets are still available to attend the entire Top Producer Summit, which is agriculture’s premier educational and networking event for forward-thinking farmers and ranchers. The event will bring producers of nearly a dozen commodities together at the Loews Kansas City Hotel to share business opportunities and ideas for taking their operations to the next level.

Rollins, originally from Glen Rose, Texas, serves as the 33rd Secretary of Agriculture. Most recently, she was founder, president and CEO of the America First Policy Institute. During President Donald Trump’s first administration, she was the director of the Domestic Policy Council and assistant to the President for Strategic Initiatives in the White House. She also previously served as director of the Office of American Innovation.

Sen. Marshall is a physician and U.S. Senator for Kansas. As a fifth-generation farmer from Butler County, Sen. Marshall became the first in his family to attend college. In the Senate, he serves on the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. He is the chairman of the Subcommittee on Conservation, Climate, Forestry, and Natural Resources and a member of the Subcommittee on Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and Research.

Some of the nation’s most outstanding farm operations will be recognized at the event, including winners of the 2025 Top Producer of the Year award, the 2025 Women in Ag award and the 2025 Next Gen award.

Top Producer Summit is supported by platinum sponsors BASF and Rabo AgriFinance.

Silver sponsors for the event are AGCO/FENDT, EarthOptics and New Leaf.

Bronze sponsors are CLA, Corteva Agriscience, Golden Harvest, Nutrien, Ostara, Taranis, Total Acre and Tracer Minerals.

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Farm Journal is the nation’s leading business information and media company serving the agricultural market. The company serves the row crop, livestock, produce and retail sectors through branded websites, eNewsletters and phone apps; business magazines; live events including conferences and tradeshows; nationally broadcast television and radio programs; and an array of data-driven, paid information products. Farm Journal owns the online equipment marketplace, Machinery Pete LLC. Trust In Food is a Farm Journal initiative dedicated to accelerating the adoption of conservation practices and regenerative agriculture in ways that work for producers and enhance connection to consumers. In 2010, the company established the non-profit, public charity, Farm Journal Foundation, dedicated to sustaining agriculture’s ability to meet the vital needs of a growing population through education and empowerment.

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Rollins, originally from Glen Rose, Texas, serves as the 33rd Secretary of Agriculture.

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