Lucy Pullins Green of rural Bowling Green and Amanda Barndt of Bowling Green recently graduated from Ohio Farm Bureau’s AgriPOWER Class XV.
They were among the 14 farmers and agribusiness professionals from around Ohio who completed the elite leadership program. AgriPOWER was started in 2008 to help agricultural advocates gain influence over public policy issues that impact their businesses and communities.
Pullins Green is a risk management associate at StoneX Group Inc., where she helps grain farmers, livestock producers, and elevators manage risk within the commodities futures markets, with a primary focus on corn, soybeans and wheat. Her responsibilities include providing advice on basis and spreads and crafting market commentary, which is distributed to clients across Ohio, Michigan and Canada.
Barndt raises market lambs and cattle on her family farm and serves on the 2025 Ohio Farm Bureau Federation Policy Development Committee. Through her previous leadership on the county level, Barndt started both the Ring of Dreams Livestock Show for participants with developmental disabilities to show livestock projects and the Pee Wee Sheep Show for participants ages 2-to 8-years old to show a lamb at the Wood County Fair. Off the farm, Barndt works for Truland Equipment, a John Deere dealership, selling turf construction and ag equipment.
Over the course of a year, Class XV participants learned from experts on how to become better leaders and advocates for the agricultural industry, including spokesperson and media training, social networking and communications. They learned about public policy matters important to their local communities, as well as the state, nation and world. The group visited Washington, D.C., where they learned about national and global issues, and they visited diverse agricultural operations in California to better understand the differences and similarities in agriculture from state to state.
Partnering with Ohio Farm Bureau on AgriPOWER Class XV are the Ohio Farm Bureau Foundation, Ohio Soybean Council, Certified Angus Beef, The Chef’s Garden, Farm Credit Mid-America, Healthy Harvest Organics, Hummel Group Insurance, Lake County Farm Bureau, Lorain County Farm Bureau, Ohio Forestry Association, Anthony Savage, StoneX Group Inc., Truckor Family Farm, Wood County Farm Bureau, and Wright & Moore.
To learn more about AgriPOWER, visit ohiofarmbureau.org/agripower.
