Our congratulations to former Top Producer Editor Jeanne Bernick who has joined K•Coe Isom as Ag Consultant.

In this newly created position, Bernick matches the needs of large commercial producers with K•Coe Isom’s resources in farm financial management, wealth management, sustainability, and food and ag policy. She also spearheads K•Coe Isom events that bring business tools and resources to commercial ag producers.
Bernick draws on 20+ years of industry insights, having seen producers through economic volatility, land price escalation, and multi-generational business succession. During her distinguished career at Farm Journal Media, Bernick developed long-standing relationships with large commercial ag producers and their families. Traveling throughout the country and the world, she developed authoritative industry content and wrote thousands of stories that covered every aspect of agriculture.

“Privileged over her career to sit around hundreds of kitchen tables with producers’ families, Jeanne’s been able to listen and learn while watching farm families grow, kids take over the operations, and countless businesses fail or succeed,” said Michelle Golden, K•Coe Isom’s Growth Leader. “She knows what they care about, and what matters most to them.”

Growing up on a cattle ranch in southern Missouri, Bernick started her career in Philadelphia, becoming one of the top editors in ag journalism. She grew Top Producer magazine into a multimedia CEO-focused brand, doubled the size of the Top Producer Seminar, and helped develop Top Producer Executive Network™ (TPEN)—the first, national, farmer peer network. Bernick graduated from the University of Missouri with a degree in agricultural journalism and has won numerous writing and business media awards, including being named Writer of Merit for the American Ag Editors Association (AAEA).

Congrats, Jeanne!