F4F - Kelsey Banks Overcoming Obstacles

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Kelsey Banks

• How’s the family - do they farm with family?
• Morrisburg, ON
• Pregnant 
• Currently with Ceresco as a Buyer and Agriculture Advisor covering south eastern Ontario
• Previously with NexusBioAg
• Ontario Grain farmers is sponsoring her to take part in the 2023-24 cohort of the ASA Corteva AgriScience Young Leaders program 
• Two phases
• 1) in november came down to Johnston to Corteva
• 2) conjunction with the Commodity Classic 
• Agronomist 
• Grew up in the ag industry
• Likes to work with canola
• Licensed Seed Crop Inspector - as of September, 2023
• Laurel Lea Farms
• Grew up growing pumpkin and asparagus…..Known as the Pumpkin Queen 
• 2016: moved and began cash cropping and pumpkin farming
• 2021: farm in 2 counties on family’s farm 
• Farms 300 acres corn, soybeans, wheat, and canola Runs share-cropping on 2 farms
• Goals:
• Expanding the land she farms Expanding her involvement as a leader within the ag industry
• Brain Cancer Survivor 
• Diagnosed in February, 2020 Named the tumor Bob
• A seizure and pneumonia ended up being a brain tumor
• Told she couldn’t drive 
• A first wanted to keep it secret but figured it was better to share everything
• Joined a group with people diagnosed with similar tumors
• Was able to spend more time with her dad in the fields 
• February was the first time she drove to the farm 5 hrs away from home since being diagnosed
• Spoke with oncologists about cancer from an adolescent and young child perspective

 

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