Top Farmer Conference: January 10, 2025

As one of the most successful and longest-running management programs specifically crafted for farmers, the Purdue Top Farmer Conference is a one-day event for agricultural producers and agribusiness professionals looking to navigate the complexities of today's agricultural landscape. Participants will have the opportunity to network with peers and hear from farm management experts and agricultural economists from Purdue, Farm Credit Services of America, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Acres, a land value data analytics company.

Aissa Good

Aissa Good

Associate Director, Center for Food and Agricultural Business, and Business Development Manager, Center for Commercial Agriculture, Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University

Aissa Good serves as associate director for the Center for Food and Agricultural Business and the business development manager for the Center for Commercial Agriculture in the Department of Agricultural Economics. In this role, she is responsible for identifying engagement opportunities, managing client and sponsor relationships, and designing and implementing professional development programs for farmers and agribusiness managers both domestically and overseas.

More specifically, Aissa cultivates client relationships and leads curriculum development in collaboration with client management and program faculty. Projects under her direction range from multi-session business management development programs to workshops enhancing key account management and market strategy planning skills of field sales and marketing personnel. She has worked with highly successful agribusiness firms and industry associations and understands the challenges that both small and large companies face in developing their future leaders.

Aissa holds a bachelor’s degree in agricultural business from Middle Tennessee State University. She and her husband have two boys, Blaine and Brecken, and she spends most of her spare time at athletic events and 4-H activities.

Aissa Good

Associate Director, Center for Food and Agricultural Business, and Business Development Manager, Center for Commercial Agriculture, Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University

Aissa Good

Aissa Good serves as associate director for the Center for Food and Agricultural Business and the business development manager for the Center for Commercial Agriculture in the Department of Agricultural Economics. In this role, she is responsible for identifying engagement opportunities, managing client and sponsor relationships, and designing and implementing professional development programs for farmers and agribusiness managers both domestically and overseas.

More specifically, Aissa cultivates client relationships and leads curriculum development in collaboration with client management and program faculty. Projects under her direction range from multi-session business management development programs to workshops enhancing key account management and market strategy planning skills of field sales and marketing personnel. She has worked with highly successful agribusiness firms and industry associations and understands the challenges that both small and large companies face in developing their future leaders.

Aissa holds a bachelor’s degree in agricultural business from Middle Tennessee State University. She and her husband have two boys, Blaine and Brecken, and she spends most of her spare time at athletic events and 4-H activities.