Every two years, the Iowa Corn Promotion Board selects individuals from across the state to participate in the Iowa Corn Leadership Enhancement And Development Program, an initiative “to recruit men and women who are committed to agriculture and to provide them with the tools they need to succeed as leaders.”

One member of this year’s class — the sixth since the program’s inception in 2002 — hails from right here in Jasper County.

Vince Sitzmann of Prairie City first got on board with the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship — Division of Soil Conservation (IDALS- DSC) in 1998 after graduating with a degree in Wildlife Biology from Iowa State University in 1994.