The top producers were honored by Top Producer. These winners will be featured in upcoming editions of the magazine.
TOP PRODUCER, the business magazine of agriculture, honored Chad Olsen, 37, a farmer and custom harvester from Hendricks, Minn., as the national winner of its annual Top Producer of the Year Awards at a banquet in Chicago on January 19th. National finalists also include Rick Rosentreter, 37, of Carlinville, Ill., and Dean Walker, 32, of Orofino, Idaho.
The awards are meant to highlight individuals or multi-operator farms that excel at the business of farming, including marketing, finance, employee relations, production and environmental stewardship. Challenger sponsors the program and awards the overall winner a 200-hour lease of a Challenger tractor. AGCO Application Equipment co-sponsors the program.