WCFA 2022 and Professional Development Event
Spring Professional Development Event
Sponsored by Tate & Lyle
Join us for a professional development event. This event will provide an opportunity to network with other agriculture professionals, interact with college students volunteering for the WCFA event, and a hands-on activity.
Our 2022 event keynote speaker is Amanda Radke from Mitchell, South Dakota. Amanda is a fifth-generation rancher who has dedicated her career to serving as a voice for the beef industry as well as agriculture as a whole. She will share her thoughts on mindset development, agriculture advocacy, youth development, and dynamics on multi-generational family agribusinesses.
2022 Women Changing the Face of Agriculture
The 2022 Women Changing the Face of Agriculture career exploration event will be held in person at Carl Sandburg College located in Galesburg, Illinois on March 4th, 2022. Registration for the event is now open.
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, registration limitations have been put into place. Each school or organization is limited to 5 student registrants and 1 chaperone registration. The following counties have priority registration for the event: Adams, Brown, Bureau, Cass, Fulton, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, Livingston, Logan, Marshall, Mason, McDonough, McLean, Menard, Mercer, Peoria, Putnam, Rock Island, Sangamon, Schuyler, Stark, Tazewell, Warren, and Woodford. Registration will close on February 18th, 2022, or earlier if maximum capacity limits are met. To register for the event, please visit Registration – WCFA (womenchangingthefaceofagriculture.com) for more information.
This year’s event will include a rotation through career panels, opportunities to network with professionals, and a keynote speaker. In addition, WCFA will recognize scholarship recipients as well as other award winners.
