Kent Thiesse is a Farm Management Analyst and currently serves as Senior Vice President and Chief Ag Loan Officer for MinnStar Bank in Lake Crystal, Minnesota. In 2003, Kent retired from the University of Minnesota Extension Service, after a 28-year career as an Extension Educator in Agriculture. He has a Masters and Bachelors Degree in Agriculture from the University of Minnesota. Kent writes a weekly column titled “FOCUS ON AG” that is distributed to several Midwest agriculture publications and web sites, as well as to a large weekly e-mail list. In addition, Kent is a frequent speaker on farm management topics, and serves as the Coordinator for the Feature Forums at FARMFEST each year.