About Agri-Pulse - Your Comprehensive Source for Ag News

Sara Wyant, Founder and Publisher

Sara Wyant is an award-winning agricultural journalist, entrepreneur and founder of Agri-Pulse Communications Inc., a unique digital media firm she launched in 2004 to focus on farm, food and rural policy issues.

An investigative reporter who has written many groundbreaking stories, Wyant has covered almost every farm and food policy debate since the 1980s. She is well-recognized on Capitol Hill, as well as by farm, ranch and commodity associations across the country, as a veteran journalist and sought-after speaker.

Throughout her career, Wyant has been a trailblazer through several “glass” ceilings. In 1995, she was the first female to be named to the senior management team in agricultural publishing as vice president for editorial at Farm Progress. She served as the first female chairwoman on the Farm Foundation's board of trustees and as president of the American Agricultural Editors Association, where she also earned an Oscar in Agriculture award for excellence in agricultural reporting.

Wyant was named to Folio’s "Top Women in Media" in the Entrepreneurs category in 2015. For her leadership within the industry, she has received numerous awards and accolades from a wide variety of organizations including: American Agri-Women, Agriculture Future of America, FFA, Missouri Farm Bureau, National Association of Farm Broadcasters, North American Agricultural Journalists, United Soybean Board and others.

A graduate of Iowa State University, Wyant gained first-hand knowledge of crop and livestock production while growing up on a century farm near Marengo, Iowa, which she now owns and manages. She and husband Allan Johnson also own the farm where her husband's family originally established a homestead near Almont, North Dakota. They are the parents of two sons and three grandchildren.

Email Sara Wyant: Sara@Agri-Pulse.com

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Philip Brasher, Editor-in-Chief

Brasher has reported on food and agriculture policy full-time in Washington since 1999, leading coverage for The Associated Press, the Des Moines Register and Congressional Quarterly before joining Agri-Pulse in 2014.

He leverages his deep knowledge of the issues and his experience with top news organizations to ensure Agri-Pulse has the best daily and in-depth coverage of ag and food policy. His creative vision led to the launch of Agri-Pulse’s Daybreak in 2016. 

 Brasher has reported on food security challenges in Africa and Central America through grants provided by the Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting. He’s also reported in Europe and the Middle East. The native of west Texas found his interest in ag policy piqued in the early 1990s when he successfully won an appeal to USDA in Washington on a negative crop insurance determination for his mom’s farmland.

During his career, Brasher has had the chance to work with some of the nation’s best journalists, going all the way back to his days at the University of Texas at Austin, where his editor, Mark McKinnon (Showtime’s The Circus), taught him how to write a lead that people would read. His Pulitzer-winning publisher in Lufkin, Texas, Joe Murray, taught him that caring for your community means shining light on the good, and exposing injustice, wherever they’re found.

Brasher’s a member of the North American Agricultural Journalists, the White House Correspondents’ Association and SABEW, the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing. He lives in Falls Church, Va., with his wife, Lenora.

Steve Davies, Deputy Managing Editor

Steve Davies is a talented journalist who understands the complex environmental issues impacting agriculture and agribusinesses and related court cases. He covers a wide variety of topics at both EPA and USDA including pesticides, WOTUS, climate change, endangered species, PFAS and more.

Before joining Agri-Pulse in November 2015, Davies was editor and publisher of Endangered Species & Wetlands Report, a monthly newsletter covering regulation, legislation and litigation, which he launched in 1995. Before that, he worked for a variety of publications, including Green Markets and Green Markets Dealer Report, newsletters focused on the fertilizer industry.

Davies began his professional journalism career as a copy editor and reporter at the Gazette Newspapers in Gaithersburg, Md., before moving on to The Sentinel in Carlisle, Pa., where he covered Cumberland County government and won an AP Managing Editors award for investigative reporting.

He grew up in Chevy Chase, Md., and overseas, where his father served as a Foreign Service Officer: Moscow, USSR; Calcutta (now Kolkata), India; and Warsaw, Poland. He graduated from Brown University in 1984 with a bachelor's degree in Russian Studies. He has lived in Takoma Park, Md., since 1992, and has two children.

Brad Hooker, Sacramento Bureau Chief, Agri-Pulse West

Brad Hooker has been covering food and agriculture for more than a decade. Since launching the California branch of Agri-Pulse in early 2019, Hooker has been diving into labor, water and environmental justice issues at the Legislature, governor’s office and dozens of regulatory agencies—all through the lens of food and rural communities. He produces a daily science and policy rundown for Daybreak West and an in-depth analysis for the Agri-Pulse West Newsletter.

Previously Hooker was a director for a major campus initiative called the World Food Center, at the University of California, Davis, where he helped to build partnerships in the agtech investment space, bridge siloes in nutrition research and connect the world’s top academics for sustainability initiatives. As a science writer, he covered a range of plant and animal agricultural fields as well as business and economics research, and he had a brief stint in high-energy particle physics during the discovery of the Higgs boson.

Hooker has a graduate degree in narrative magazine journalism from the University of Oregon and is an East Coast transplant from Virginia Beach. He has traveled to more than 40 countries and once led a promising career as a mountaineer.

Email Brad Hooker: Brad@Agri-Pulse.com and follow @agripulsewest and @hookerbrad on Twitter for our West coverage.

Chloe Lovejoy, Associate Editor, Agri-Pulse West

Adding on to the Agri-Pulse Sacramento team, Chloe Lovejoy is a reporter covering California’s agricultural policy and regulation. She is especially interested in covering state ag policy as it intersects with water, sustainability and labor.

Originally from Santa Cruz, Lovejoy graduated from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo in 2024. Throughout college she reported for Mustang Media Group, the university’s student run newspaper and radio station. During her third and final year in student media, she served as the Editor in Chief and supervised over 150 student reporters and editors. Under her leadership, Mustang Media Group won three organizational Pacemaker awards from the Associated Collegiate Press and third best Newspaper from the California College Media Association.

During the summer and fall of 2022, Lovejoy interned at the San Luis Obispo Tribune covering local businesses, courts, fires and protests. She also conducted research with the Cal Poly Journalism Department to understand what factors affect the retention rates of entry level television producers in the broadcast industry.

 Email Chloe Lovejoy: Chloe@Agri-Pulse.com

Noah Wicks, Associate Editor

Noah Wicks is an investigative reporter who likes to do deep research on food and agricultural topics and often develops maps and charts to help tell the story.

Wicks, who hails from a small farm near Nunda, South Dakota, joined the Agri-Pulse team in 2021 after serving as an intern the summer before. He graduated from Augustana University with dual degrees in English and Journalism and also served as sports editor and editor-in-chief of the school newspaper, the Mirror.

Wicks previously held internships with the Madison Daily Leader in Madison, S.D., the South Dakota Department of Revenue and the South Dakota Department of Agriculture. Wicks was an active FFA member in high school, competing in various leadership development events. Through 4-H, he competed on the 2016 state livestock judging champion team, as well as spending time as an exchange student in Norway where he lived and worked on a farm for a month.

In 2022, Wicks was recognized by the North American Agricultural Journalists for his contribution to Agri-Pulse’s special editorial series on cover crops. Read the series here.

Rebekah Alvey, Associate Editor

Rebekah Alvey joined Agri-Pulse from Politico’s E&E News, where she covered energy and environment issues. There she reported on a broad swath of issues such as electric vehicles, endangered species, natural resources and more. Before that, she learned her way around Capitol Hill while with the Washington bureau of the Dallas Morning News, where she covered the Texas congressional delegation.

 A native Kentuckian, she earned degrees in journalism and Arabic from Western Kentucky University. She balanced her studies with multiple leadership roles at the student newspaper, the College Heights Herald. During her undergraduate studies, she spent a semester abroad at the Danish School of Media and Journalism, where she developed an interest in data journalism and political reporting. That experience led her to the Politico Journalism Institute, and pushed her to get a masters in journalism from American University. 

While at AU, she participated in the Washington Post Practicum where she worked with national editors on multiple investigative projects, including an analysis of “big lie” candidates in the 2022 midterm elections.

Email Rebekah Alvey: Rebekah@Agri-Pulse.com 

Lydia Johnson, Associate Editor

Based in the nation’s capital, Lydia Johnson is a broadcaster and reporter covering farm policy. She is charged with capturing the latest job changes for the movers and shakers on Capitol Hill and in key positions across the country as the lead editor of the popular Farm Hands section. Johnson is also a key member of the Agri-Pulse Newsmakers team producing a weekly TV show airing on RFD-TV as well as contributing to the daily Agri-Pulse DriveTime podcast to share the latest farm, food and rural policy news with audiences in the beltway and across the country. 

A native of her family’s Heritage farm in central Iowa, Johnson was an active participant in 4-H, FFA and the World Food Prize youth programs during high school. She later graduated from Iowa State University with degrees in agricultural communications, journalism and international agriculture. 

She first joined Agri-Pulse as an intern in the spring of 2023 and returned to the team full time in June 2024. Johnson also has experience as an intern with the National Pork Producers Council, Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, National FFA Organization and the D.C.-based agriculture and food lobbying firm, Torrey Advisory Group. 

At Iowa State, Johnson served as president of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Student Council. She was a member of Agricultural Communicators of Tomorrow and the Sigma Alpha sorority, as well as an annual attendee at the Agriculture Future of America Leaders Conference. Johnson has taken part in university study abroad programs to Ghana, Japan and Thailand. 

Oliver Ward, Trade Editor

Ward has several years of experience reporting and writing on trade and international economics for media outlets in the U.S. and abroad. He joins Agri-Pulse from Inside U.S. Trade, a print and digital trade publication that is part of the Inside Washington Publishers news service. 

Before that, he was a digital content producer at the Peterson Institute for International Economics – a non-partisan economics think tank. Working under former New York Times international economics correspondent Steven Weisman, Ward authored newsletters and economic explainers, built data visualizations, and was part of a small team that maintained a widely cited PIIE tracker for goods purchased under the U.S.-China phase one agreement. 

Ward is a graduate of the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom where he received a bachelor’s degree in history and sociology. He has a master’s degree in journalism and digital storytelling from American University in Washington. 

Andrew Huneke, Producer, Agri-Pulse Newsmakers

Andrew Huneke is the producer of Agri-Pulse Newsmakers, a weekly show focused on bringing you the latest in ag policy and information.

Huneke joined the Agri-Pulse team in July 2022 after spending more than seven years in the news industry. He produced newscasts for five years at WBFF-TV in Baltimore, Maryland before producing and writing for newscasts at WTTG FOX 5, which covers Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia.

During his time as a news producer, Huneke covered some of the biggest breaking news stories across Baltimore and Washington, D.C., including the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade and the death of Congressman Elijah Cummings.

Previously, he worked as a production assistant and sports producer at WBFF and was part of the sports team that won an Associated Press Award for Outstanding Year-Round local sports coverage in 2016.

Huneke grew up near Fallston, Maryland. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in electronic media and film from Towson University.

He is an Eagle Scout from Boy Scout Troop 124 in Carney, Maryland, and credits most of his professional success to the values he learned in the scouting program.

In his free time, he enjoys sports and is a fan of all Baltimore sports teams.

Jeff Nalley, Contributing Editor

Jeff Nalley is a 37-year veteran of radio and farm broadcasting and widely recognized as one of the best interviewers in the business.

He is a past president of the National Association of Farm Broadcasting (NAFB) and has received numerous awards for excellence in broadcast media from within the NAFB as well as other farm organizations. In 2010, Nalley was named the Farm Broadcaster of the Year by the NAFB.

Nalley has received distinguished service awards from Purdue University, the United Soybean Board, Kentucky Soybean Association, Kentucky Pork Producers and the Kentucky Farm Bureau Federation.

Nalley conducts weekly Open Mic audio interviews for Agri-Pulse. He also works with the Cromwell AG Network, which serves farmers in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri and Ohio with daily farm broadcasts.

Jim Webster, Contributing Editor

Jim Webster has been writing about and dabbling in agricultural politics and policy since the days of the late Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson in the Eisenhower Administration. Considered the “dean” of agricultural reporting in Washington, he has published seven newsletters and contributed to many other publications.

Agri-Pulse Communications Inc., acquired his most last venture, The Webster Agricultural Letter, in 2007, when he became a contributor. Previously he has written for the U.K. newsletters Agra Europe and Dairy Markets, an on-line dairy advisory service, Agro Washington magazine and National Catholic Reporter. He has addressed numerous farm and agribusiness groups in the U.S. and other countries.

Webster was assistant secretary of agriculture for governmental and public affairs at USDA during the Carter Administration, chief clerk of the Senate Agriculture Committee, agricultural legislative assistant and press secretary for former U.S. Senator George McGovern of South Dakota, and director of public relations for the American Public Power Association.

He's a native of Nebraska and attended Creighton University in Omaha, where he began working for the Associated Press in 1955. He subsequently was a reporter and manager for United Press International and edited a daily newspaper and electric cooperative publications in Nebraska, Wisconsin and South Dakota. Jim now lives in Arlington, Virginia.

Allan R. Johnson, Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

Allan Johnson has a long and distinguished history in agricultural publishing, marketing and public service. He brings that knowledge and experience to the Agri-Pulse team as chief operating officer, overseeing day-to-day business operations and offering strategic counsel. 

He previously served as President of Farm Progress Companies, an agricultural publishing company that produces magazines like the Dakota Farmer and Prairie Farmer as well as the Farm Progress Show. The company grew from seven publications to 39 publications during his tenure as president. Farm Progress was owned by American Broadcasting Company, The Walt Disney Company and Rural Press Limited, Sydney, Australia (now Australian Community Media). Johnson retired from Farm Progress companies in June 2000.

Johnson was appointed to serve as Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development in 2005 after serving as Director of Legislative and Public Affairs at USDA Rural Development from 2003-2005. During his tenure at USDA Rural Development, he led the effort to brand the Mission Area that had formerly been three separate agencies with its own identity. In addition, a major outreach effort was launched under his leadership to educate citizens in rural America about the numerous important programs available from USDA Rural Development.

Johnson also has held numerous leadership positions, including chair of the Farm Foundation board of trustees, president of the Equipment Manufacturers Institute Suppliers Council, chair of the FFA Foundation Sponsors Board, president of the Agricultural Publishers Association and grand president of Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity.

He was named Ag Communicator of the Year by the National Agri-Marketing Association. In addition, the National FFA Organization presented him with an Honorary American Farm Degree and Distinguished Service Citation. Ed Schafer, former agriculture secretary, awarded Johnson the Group Honor Award for Excellence to recognize him for his leadership in producing the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference. The conference was the largest renewable energy conference in history and attracted official delegations from more than 100 countries.

Email Allan Johnson: Allan@Agri-Pulse.com

Jason Lutz, Sales & Marketing Manager

Lutz guides the Agri-Pulse sales and marketing efforts, leading our team to develop new relationships and find creative ways to meet and exceed customer expectations. He oversees both individual and group subscription sales, along with our digital advertising sales. He also manages the Agri-Pulse digital advertising and event sales.

Lutz attended Kishwaukee College in Northern Illinois, and has 10 years’ experience in the hospitality industry. He's an active participant in the local community and was selected as a Camden County Young Leader in 2012. Lutz and his wife, Danielle, love spending time on the Lake of The Ozarks and playing competitive softball. They have two daughters, Taylor and Austin, and one son, Jonathan.

Tom Davis, Marketing Consultant

Tom Davis is one of the most well-connected people in agriculture, having built customer relationships with a wide variety of contacts over his distinguished career. 

He previously served as Vice President/Group Publisher at Meredith Corporation where he managed the business operations for several magazine titles and websites including Successful Farming, Living the Country Life, WOOD and American Patchwork & Quilting plus several other holiday decorating and crafts titles. Currently he is VP/Director of The Rosewood Marketing Group Inc., a marketing services company providing strategic marketing and business development support for Agri-Pulse Communications Inc. and other clients.

Davis grew up on a small farm near Floyds Knobs, Indiana. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Agricultural Economics from Purdue University and in 2004 was named a Distinguished Alumnus of the College of Agriculture.

He has served as president of the National Agri-Marketing Association (NAMA) and was named NAMA Marketer of the Year in April 2006. Davis is an active member of the Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity and served as National Grand President from 2006-08. He has served on the Sponsors Board of the National FFA, and the board of directors for NAMA, Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity, American Business Media-Ag Council and the Ag Media Summit.

Burke Kennedy, Western Sales Associate

Burke Kennedy is the Agri-Pulse western sales associate. He supports the continued expansion of Agri-Pulse West subscriptions, advertising and event sponsorship in the California market. 

Kennedy has a background in the grower/shipper industry and precision agriculture. Most recently, he worked for Green Rubber Kennedy Ag, providing solutions to food processors and growers through various agricultural and industrial product lines. He also worked with PlantTape to increase crop yield, improve efficiency and lower per-acre cost for growers through automated transplanting systems.

He was born and raised in California’s Salinas Valley, where his family grows, both conventionally and organically, leafy greens, fresh vegetables and strawberries. Kennedy graduated from California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, with a bachelor’s degree in agricultural business. 

Email Burke Kennedy: Burke@Agri-Pulse.com

Hannah Fonseca, Eastern Sales Associate

Looking to expand Agri-Pulse’s reach along the East Coast, Fonseca is based in Durham, North Carolina. She and her husband recently relocated there so he could attend Duke University for his Master of Business degree. Fonseca will focus her time building relationships with ag businesses and explore new business opportunities bringing Agri-Pulse content to new subscribers.

Fonseca previously worked the last five and a half years on the Agri-Pulse editorial team in Washington, D.C., as a writer and broadcaster under her maiden name, Hannah Pagel. She wrote the Farm Hands on the Potomac section of the Agri-Pulse Newsletter, hosted the Agri-Pulse Newsmakers show, conducted the Meet the Farm Hand and Meet the Lawmaker video series, and contributed to Agri-Pulse’s DriveTime podcast.

An Iowa native, Fonseca graduated from Iowa State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Agriculture and Life Sciences Education, with a teacher certification. Her background includes work at the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology, the Agricultural Entrepreneurship Initiative and the Iowa Agriculture Literacy Foundation.

She grew up on her family’s diversified grain and livestock farm in northeast Iowa. She is a recipient of the 2018 Iowa State College of Agriculture Leadership Award, FFA American Degree, the Bruce Rastetter Agricultural Entrepreneurial Scholarship and a two-time winner of the Ryan Hrubes National Agri-Marketing Association Scholarship. Fonseca is also a World Food Prize Scholar and an FFA alumni member.

Email Hannah Fonseca: Hannah@Agri-Pulse.com

Paige Dye, Circulation Manager

Paige Dye joined Agri-Pulse in 2017. During her time with Agri-Pulse, her duties have ranged from marketing and communications, to customer service, to event planning and support. She graduated with honors from the University of Missouri-Columbia with dual degrees in strategic communication (emphasis: public relations) from the Missouri School of Journalism, and psychology; as well as minors in business and multicultural studies. During her time at Mizzou, Dye was active in intramural sports, leadership, and philanthropy through her sorority, Alpha Chi Omega, and Relay for Life.

Hailing from a farm in northeast Missouri, Dye has a strong background in agriculture and is passionate about advocating for America's family farms. Her family has raised corn, soybeans, grain sorghum, cattle, hogs, and miniature horses, and is heavily involved with POET's Missouri bioprocessing facilities.

Growing up, she held leadership positions in varsity sports, 4-H, and FFA, receiving her American FFA Degree in 2011. She has since worked in TV, print, and digital media in the U.S., Scandinavia, and Australia, primarily in marketing and customer service. Dye was also selected as a Camden County Young Leader in 2021.

In her spare time, Paige is an avid concert goer and traveler. She loves trying out a new exercise class, finding hidden gems at thrift stores, and cooking (or, when she doesn't feel like cooking, venturing out to try new restaurants).

Email Paige Dye: Paige@Agri-Pulse.com

Sara Waggoner, Office Manager

Sara Waggoner started her career in the legal field working as an assistant for an attorney with a specialty practice in rural water rights law. She later spent four years as the regional office manager for a multi-state litigation services firm. Prior to coming to Agri-Pulse, Waggoner was responsible for payroll and accounting controls at a major manufacturer of custom kitchen cabinets.

Waggoner graduated with her Masters in Business Administration from Northwest Missouri Statement University in 2022. She also holds a Bachelor of Business Management where she graduated magna cum laude. During her time in college, Waggoner was a Legislative Intern for a member of the Missouri House of Representatives.

Waggoner is a native of Marshall, Missouri, where her family owns a small farm just outside of city limits. She is a resident of Osage Beach, Missouri, with her husband Chase D. Waggoner and their cat, Waldo. Her hobbies include kayaking, traveling and reading.

Email Sara Waggoner: Swaggoner@Agri-Pulse.com 

Akiva' Rooks, Executive Assistant

Akiva' Rooks is a passionate visionary and creator specializing in various communication and project management fields. Akiva' currently resides in Baltimore, where she was born and raised, but has also lived in Las Vegas and North Carolina.

In 2019, Rooks graduated Magna Cum Laude from North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University with a Bachelor of Science in Public Relations. During her undergrad career, she was Miss of a hometown representative organization, where she coordinated community service initiatives and hosted intellectual events and workshops to connect individuals hailing from Baltimore and surrounding areas for fellowship. Currently, she is working toward a Master of Science in IT: Project Management from the University of Maryland.

Her professional experience includes working with corporations such as BET Plus, McDonald Hopkins Law Firm, and nonprofit organizations like the Anti-Defamation League. She's also the founder of a non-profit brand named I'll Keep Her, where she encourages creating a more enhanced quality of life through self-care, self-love, and self-awareness. She is passionate about breaking barriers to create a healthier footprint in the African-American community regarding the knowledge and habits of the food industry.

Akiva' is interested in holistic food remedies and rituals in hopes of bringing more creative initiatives to the agriculture landscape. She is inspired by her immediate family, who has dedicated much of their time to cooking and creating great food spreads. In addition to enjoying reading, journaling, live music, and spending time enhancing her personal development in creative ways, Akiva' dreams of one day owning a vineyard.

Email Akiva' Rooks: Akiva@Agri-Pulse.com

Pam Hocker, Circulation Coordinator

Pam Hocker was born in rural Kansas where her family raised cattle and other livestock, along with produce from their own garden. She moved to the Lake of the Ozarks as a young adult and has been there for over 30 years.

Prior to joining Agri-Pulse in December 2019, she held several positions in customer service and accounting, including managing a local marina as well as a feed store. However, she is no stranger to the news, having most recently worked at the lake's local news bureau assisting customers and helping with daily publication of the newspaper and website.

Pam resides with her husband, Gordon, in their Climax Springs home. Her three grown children and four grandchildren live close by. She enjoys spending time with them and her friends, especially while gardening, fishing and boating. 

Email Pam Hocker: Pam@Agri-Pulse.com

Dave Thomas, Sales Consultant

If you became an Agri-Pulse subscriber by way of a free trial subscription, chances are you’ve heard from Dave Thomas. He is a semi-retired former corporate executive in the marketing research industry. His retirement home is just across the cove from our business offices and he joined our staff in 2018. 

Thomas had a career of more than 30 years as a research director, designing and directing quantitative and qualitative studies in consumer and business-to-business markets throughout North and South America. His former clients include some of the world’s best-known brands, including Nestle, Frito-Lay, Taco Bell, Hyundai and many more. For most of his career, he managed the west coast office of a company (Synovate) that grew to become one of the world’s ten largest marketing research firms.

Professional associations in which Thomas has held leadership positions at the regional or national levels include CASRO (Council of American Survey Research Organizations, now Insights Association), ARF (Advertising Research Foundation), AAPOR (American Association for Public Opinion Research), DMA (Direct Marketing Association, now ANA), SAA (Society of Automotive Analysts), and others.

Thomas grew up in eastern Ohio on a small family farm, then earned a BA in Political Science and an MBA in marketing and finance at The Ohio State University. His wife, Valerie, recently passed away after nearly 60 years of marriage. He is survived by their two grown children and six grandchildren.

Email Dave Thomas: David@Agri-Pulse.com

Cassandra Nelson, Marketing Coordinator

Cassandra Nelson joined Agri-Pulse in March 2023, excited to be getting back into the world of marketing. She supports all staff at our office located at Lake of the Ozarks. Cassandra hopes to help to develop relationships with current clients and prospects, resulting not only in personal growth but for Agri-Pulse to thrive for years to come.

Nelson had her first job in a marketing agency in San Antonio, Texas working as a data entry media coordinator for HTM, one of the state’s premier advertising agencies. After two and a half years with HTM she decided to move to Missouri and further her education. Life had other plans, as she jumped right into a job as a performer in Dolly Parton’s Stampede in Branson, Missouri. After a season with the show, she started her long journey in merchandising before taking a hiatus to start a family.

Email Cassandra Nelson: Cassandra@Agri-Pulse.com