Connect Ag Seminar

Caitlin Word
Ranching for Profit

Caitlin Word serves as the content and delivery coordinator for RMC. Caitlin grew up on large-scale cow/calf ranches in west Texas and southeastern New Mexico before completing a bachelor’s degree from West Texas A&M University, followed by a master’s degree in ruminant nutrition from New Mexico State University.

After graduation, Caitlin worked at Noble Research Institute for 6 years as a grazing livestock and regenerative ranching advisor. There, she consulted ranchers on livestock, grazing, and general ranch management through the lens of reducing reliance on inputs and creating resiliency within their operations. Caitlin attended the Ranching for Profit school for the first time in 2021 and was immediately captivated by the systems approach to management, and the way traditionally intimidating or convoluted concepts were simplified and made easy to both navigate and apply.

Matt Bennett
AgMarket,
Farm Division of John Stewart & Associates

Matt Bennett is the CEO and co-founder of AgMarket.Net®, the Farm Division of John Stewart & Associates. He holds a 
Series 3 brokerage license doing business through the agricultural marketing and consulting firm. 

The seventh-generation Central Illinois farmer and livestock producer brings the producer perspective to the table with his 
extensive grain and livestock marketing background. He specializes in formulating risk-management strategies and 
customizing marketing plans specific to a producer’s operation for clients throughout the United States. 

Matt’s analysis and commentary on the markets can be found on local and national broadcast platforms. This includes: 
AgDay, Agriculture of America, Bloomberg, the CME Group, Farm Futures, Market to Market, RFD-TV, This Week in 
AgriBusiness, U.S. Farm Report and more.