2025 Young Farmers & Ag Professionals Conference
2025 INFB Young Farmers & Ag Professionals Conference
Feb. 21-23, 2025 | Sheraton Hotel at Keystone at the Crossing in Indianapolis, Indiana
More information and registration for this event will be added as it becomes available.
2025 YF&AP Conference Event Page
Speakers
Temple Grandin
Temple Grandin is a professor of animal science at Colorado State University. Facilities she has designed for handling livestock are used by many companies around the world. She has also been instrumental in implementing animal welfare auditing programs
used by McDonalds, Wendy’s, Whole Foods and other corporations.
Grandin has appeared on numerous TV shows such as 20/20, Larry King Live and Prime Time. Her books include: "Thinking in Pictures," "Livestock Handling" and "Transport
and The Autistic Brain." Her book "Animals in Translation" has been on the New York Times Bestseller List. Temple was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame in September 2017 and in 2022 was named a Colorado State University Distinguished
Professor.
Braxten Nielsen
In college, he joined the college rodeo team and now enjoys team roping.
He is very close to his family and friends and enjoys building new relationships with people everywhere he goes. His motto “We were Born to Succeed” has been a quote that he has lived by and believes in. Nielson wants to share his message about hard work, being resilient and how to keep positive and overcome set backs and challenges.
