Women from across the country are in Chicago, Ill. this week, attending Top Producer's second Executive Women in Agriculture conference.

Top Producer Editor Jeanne Bernick welcomes attendees to the conference.

Leah Brakke, Black Gold Farms; Vanessa Kummer, United Soybean Board; and Larkin Martin, Martin Farm, take turns discussing issues important to agriculture at Top Producer’s Executive Women in Agriculture conference.

Jamie Wasemiller of the Gulke Group, details ways to include crop insurance as part of your marketing plan.

Missy Bauer, Farm Journal Associate Field Agronomist, explains to the crowd the secrets to better input buying and negotiating.

AgDay’s Tyne Morgan (second from right) hosted the first-ever all-female U.S. Farm Report marketing roundtable. The panel included (left to right) Stewart-Peterson’s Naomi Blohm, Ag Investment Service’s Sue Martin and Pro Farmer’s Julianne Johnson.