Dale Koester

Dale is the co-owner and operator of Koester Brothers Farms, Inc, a diversified dairy and grain operation, located in southwestern Indiana. The operation milks 230 cows utilizing robotics and produces wheat, soybeans, white and yellow corn and straw for erosion control blankets. Dale served as a member of the Farm Credit Mid-America Advocate Council. Other leadership roles include serving as the Vice-Chair of the American Farm Bureau Federation’s Young Farmers and Ranchers National Committee, Dairy Farmers of America Young Cooperators and the American Soybean Association’s Young Leader Program. He has served on the Posey County Drainage Board, the Posey County FSA committee, the Vanderburgh County Farm Bureau Board, the Vanderburgh County Fair and has been a member of the Evansville Young Dairymen, Vanderburgh County Extension Board and St. Wendel Church. Dale received his Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Economics from Purdue University.