2025 special guests
Andrea – That Fit Agvocate
Andrea is a fifth-generation farmer & entrepreneur from rural southwest Minnesota. She had plans set to become a large animal veterinarian, but plans changed, and she found herself back home on the family farm alongside her parents and husband while also navigating life as a young entrepreneur. She is a content creator, public speaker, small business mentor and personal trainer. If Andrea isn’t hanging out with cattle or checking on crops, she’s likely working out, blasting hard rock, baking sourdough, riding one of many horses or reading a good book.
Andy Pasztor – Andyclean
Andy Pasztor or better known as “Andyclean” on social media, is a farmer from South Western Ontario, Canada, Andy farms along side of his brother and Dad in Norfolk Country where they grow corn, soybeans, and vegetables, and also run a Pioneer Seed Dealership. Andy is best known for his love of keeping his farm equipment showroom clean, With the help of John Deere and his friends on social media it inspired him to create his own line of equipment soap from the hashtag “#Andyclean” on Twitter/X which is named no other then Andyclean and can be found today at your local John Deere all across North America.
Bridgette Readel
Bridgette Readel is outstanding in her field due to her decades of experience, passion for agriculture and excellent teaching examples in agronomy.
She’s happy to advocate for rhubarb, share wisdom behind a microphone and works tirelessly to eliminate “death by Powerpoint” in company meetings.
She offers advice to others as a radio host, business consultant and co host of Agronomy On Ice.
Bridgette is the owner of Lilac Lane Media, a partner in AgMafia, and currently serves as the Ag Director for WDAY Radio and Flag Family Media.
CALLI WILLIAMS
Calli (Pritchard) Williams resides near Letcher, SD with her husband Tate and two sons, Jack and Tommy, where they own and operate TW Angus.
Calli’s passion for livestock started at a young age as she showed cattle throughout her 4-H and FFA career. Calli’s fire for promoting the beef industry was lit when she was named the South Dakota Beef Ambassador. She then went on to serve as a member of the National Beef Speakers Bureau. Calli later branched out to promote the beef industry to a new audience when she competed for the title of Miss South Dakota in 2012. Calli was named Miss Congeniality at the 2012 Miss South Dakota pageant where she competed with a platform of, “Be BOLD and ZIP into a healthy lifestyle with BEEF.” Calli went on to complete internships with Zoetis, and Certified Angus Beef.
Calli and Tate are considered first generation ranchers, owning a purebred Angus cow-calf operation. TW Angus hosts an online production sale the first weekend in March, with the 2025 sale weekend marking their 4th year offering their genetics through an online auction platform. In addition to the seedstock cattle, Calli coordinates the marketing and deliveries for their direct-to-consumer retail beef business, TW Angus Beef.
Calli works full-time as a Livestock Field Representative with the Wyoming Livestock Roundup, assisting livestock producers and agricultural businesses from the Dakotas, Nebraska, and Colorado with their marketing needs. Calli has been involved with the Davison-Hanson Cattlemen’s Association, the Young Cattlemen of South Dakota, and is currently serving as the Vice President of Membership for the South Dakota Cattlemen’s Association. Calli is looking forward to the upcoming NCBA Young Cattlemen’s Convention, and meeting the rest of the 2025 NCBA Trailblazers!
COLE SONNE
Cole Sonne farms alongside his dad, Brian, in Southeastern South Dakota. Together they raise a Pure bred Black Angus herd and provide bulls for other beef producers. To feed their cattle throughout the winter, Sonne Farms spends the summer months putting up grass hay and alfalfa. Livestock and hay aren’t the only things that keep the Sonne’s busy. A lot of time is spent preparing fields in the spring and harvesting corn and soybeans in the fall. Cole Sonne is known for his YouTube Channel, Sonne Farms, which is the largest farming YouTube Channel in South Dakota with over 300,000 Subscribers.
JAMES PIEPER – ALL ABOUT FARMING
James Pieper is a skip generation row-crop farmer in South Central Minnesota as well as a social media content creator under the handle @allaboutfarming.
James grew up in the suburbs and moved 250 miles to rejuvenate his family’s legacy farming operation after college. About this time he began sharing his farming business online regularly. James, along with his wife Sarita, and daughter Hazel, farm Corn, Soybeans, and Sweetcorn for a local canning factory. Through their social media presence James’s goal is to offer entertaining education in regard to what happens on his farm in Southern Minnesota.
Matthias Kunerth – HiTech Farmer
Matthias Kunerth, better known online as HiTech Farmer, is a 5th-generation farmer from southwest Minnesota who uses social media to bridge the gap between agriculture and the public. Through YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok, he shares the day-to-day life of a modern farmer — from GPS-guided tractors and autonomous technology to the real-world challenges of running a family farm. His content blends education, humor, and authenticity, helping both farmers and non-farmers better understand what it means to farm in the 21st century.
Beet Farmin Mitch
Beet Farmin Mitch is a 6th generation family farmer in the Red River Valley of North Dakota. He farms with his dad, uncle, & two older brothers. Their farm specializes in growing sugar beets, wheat, sunflowers, corn, soybeans, and various types of dry edible beans. Mitch documents their farm on both his YouTube & Instagram page. Mitch is known for his videos being educational, fun, & family friendly, which is reflected in his life motto. “Faith, Family, Farming”.
Peterson Farm Bros
The Peterson Farm Brothers are three brothers from central Kansas who create social media content to promote agriculture. Their videos have received over 250 million views and they have just over 1 million followers on all of their social platforms put together. The brothers grew up and still work on a family farm near Assaria, KS. All 3 attended Kansas State University. Greg graduated in 2013, majoring in Agricultural Communications and Journalism. Nathan graduated in 2016, majoring in Agriculture Technology Management. Kendal graduated in 2018, majoring in Agribusiness. Their goal is still to operate the family farm together, but hope to make a positive impact with their social media content.
Quentin Connealy
Quentin Connealy is a fifth-generation farmer from Tekamah, Nebraska, where he grows corn and soybeans along the Missouri River bottoms. Born and raised in a farming family, Quentin returned to farming after college, integrating precision agriculture technologies like GPS, variable rate technology, and irrigation systems into his operation. He gained widespread attention in 2017 as the “Wakeboarding Farmer” when a video of him wakeboarding through a flooded corn field went viral. An advocate for AgTech, he influences audiences on platforms like X and TikTok and was named a top 10 finalist for the 2024 National Outstanding Young Farmers of America award. Quentin is married to Jill, a Physician Assistant, and they have two children, Corbin (10) and Willa (5). He enjoys outdoor activities, grilling, and community involvement in Tekamah.
