Kamber Kilgus grew up in Fairbury, IL, on her family’s dairy and grain farm. She is a recent graduate of Prairie Central High School, she was highly involved in FFA throughout her time there. This fall, she will begin studying Agricultural Business at Joliet Junior College.

Kamber is excited to spend the summer furthering her knowledge in agronomy, agriculture, and sales while building valuable relationships at Integrated Seed Solutions.

In her free time, she enjoys spending time with friends and family, being outdoors, showing cattle, working on the farm, and relaxing at the lake.

Karly grew up on a small grain and sheep farm in Mendota, Illinois. She has been showing sheep since she was four years old and has been an active Illinois Club Lamb Association member. Today, she contributes to the association by being a youth director. In this position, she helps with ideas for the direction of the association, planning events, and fundraising for the group to ensure that they can accomplish everything they want to within the year. Within the show ring, she has been competitive at both the state and national levels. Along with this, Karly has been a part of the North Stars 4-H club, the Mendota FFA chapter, and the LaSalle County livestock judging team, where she found her passion for livestock judging. Her childhood revolved around the livestock industry. By doing so, she made lots of valuable connections as well as learned lots of important lifelong skills. Her father was her biggest influence towards getting into the agronomy side of things. After taking an agronomy internship last summer, she has found that her career interests lie within agronomy. Karly got a full retail experience doing all things from scouting fields, working with salesmen, sorting seed, treating seed, and bagging fertilizer. She enjoyed problem-solving when challenges came up within a field. All in all, Karly loved that she gained such a broad spectrum of knowledge, helping her to pinpoint the direction she wants to go in the future. Now Karly is continuing her academic and livestock judging career at Lincoln Land Community College in Springfield, IL. Her favorite thing about being a part of the livestock judging team is being able to travel the country and being able to make so many fun memories with her teammates. Within the school, she is also a part of the ag club, where she enjoys being able to connect with other kids who are a part of the agriculture program. All in all, the industry has given so much to Karly, and she wants to dedicate her life to giving back to it. She looks forward to having the opportunity to expand her knowledge with Integrated Seed Solutions. 

Robert is a 2002 Western Illinois University Graduate who majored in Agronomy. He started his career as an intern with one of the most influential mentors in his career at the Monsanto Research Farm in Monmouth, Il. Dan Zinck.  It is crazy to think one summer in a backpack sprayer, and three sets of goof plots could inspire a career.

Robert has spent the last twenty-plus years developing mutually profitable relationships with growers from West Central Illinois to South Central Minnesota and has focused on the Northeast region of Illinois for the last seventeen years. He has always had a passion for developing new agronomy solutions and bringing new technology to his growers.

From the start of his career at a small regional seed company as their research agronomists Robert developed a great insight on hybrid development. Looking at how genetics + environment + Management = impact yield.

Robert’s strong boots-on-the-ground approach, coupled with a passion for research, product development, and best high-yield management practices, created a significant opportunity to partner with highly innovative, leading-edge companies.

Dan grew up on a small farm in Southern Illinois. After completing agronomy studies at SIU-C in 1988 he moved to central Illinois working in research for American Cyanamid and Monsanto. Over his 30+ year career in agriculture, he has focused primarily on research and knowledge transfer in crop protection, seed, traits, and general agronomy.  Before joining Integrated Seed, he led agronomy for Novus Ag. He served as CEO of Innovative Seed Solutions, a global sorghum breeding and licensing company.  Before that, various roles within Monsanto allowed him to lead the Stone Seed Brand, US Technology Development, and Dekalb Agronomy.  He started his career in field research which provided him with the opportunity to help define RR soy, RR corn, and above and below-ground insect traits for corn & dicamba-tolerant soybeans. He resides in Indiana with his wife Carolyn and daughters Alyson and Anastasia.  Carolyn and he stay grounded in production ag by operating their small family farm in Illinois.

Jerry was born and raised on a Dewitt County Illinois farm just outside of Wapella, IL. He spent his youth on a tractor or in a cattle pasture and in 1989 his father, Dan, started a seed dealership which Jerry helped with as often as possible.  After High School, He went on to Black Hawk East and then to ISU. During and after ISU he worked at Country Companies in Bloomington and quickly realized that life behind a cubicle wall was not for him. He left Country Companies in 2004 to get back to agriculture with CaseIH as a Precision Farming Specialist, and he loved getting back in the field with the farmers. In 2008, Monsanto came calling with an opportunity to get back in the Seed Business. Jerry spent the next 15 years within the Monsanto Corporate structure as a District sales manager, rising to the top and winning master sales along the way. It became apparent the corporate structure was going to pull Jerry further and further away from the field with the farmer so when the opportunity came with Integrated seed solutions to bring his customers the best genetics without the corporate chaos Jerry hopped on board.

Dalton is a native of eastern Iowa, hailing from Long Grove. He pursued his passion for agriculture by attending Kirkwood Community College, where he studied agribusiness. With a career spanning 15 years in the agricultural industry, Dalton has gained extensive experience in ag retail and equipment manufacturing.

His journey began in the heart of ag country, where he honed his skills and knowledge, always driven by a desire to help farmers maximize their crop yields. Dalton’s commitment to the agricultural community is evident not only in his professional endeavors but also in his personal life. He actively contributes to his community, lending a hand wherever needed.

Outside of work, Dalton enjoys spending time outdoors, particularly fishing and golfing. These hobbies provide him with a well-deserved break from his busy schedule while allowing him to stay connected to nature. Dalton’s dedication to agriculture and his community mirrors his entrepreneurial spirit and ability to forge strong relationships.

As he looks to the future, Dalton is excited to continue making a meaningful impact in the agricultural sector, leveraging his expertise to support growers and contribute to the success of Integrated Seed Solutions’ expansion into Iowa

Brayvyn Hammer grew up just outside of Tomah, WI. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin Platteville, where she studied Biology, Chemistry and Animal Science, earning multiple degrees, she currently using her degree in Animal Science with minors in Agriculture Business and Marketing. Brayvyn enjoys participating in rodeo, raising cattle, and creating art.

Brayvyn grew up on her family farm where her family raised cattle and horses. She was very active in high school sports and clubs. One of her favorites was FFA. She completed her Supervised Agriculture Experience in Equine. While in college Brayvyn put all of her skills to the test when she competed for the title of Miss Rodeo Wisconsin(MRWI). In 2013 she earned the title MRWI. Because of that she traveled the nation promoting the sport of rodeo and agriculture industry. After college she used her science background where she worked in an agriculture production treatment plant. She quickly worked her way up to lead chemist.  An opportunity arose to teach agriculture in the town she lived in, and she quickly switched gear to benefit the youth. While teaching Brayvyn gained many skills that have been beneficial in her current role with Integrated Seed Solutions!

Brayvyn is excited to be a part of the Integrated Seed Solutions team where she will be Wisconsin’s Customer Service Representative and Operations Manager. Her role may be behind the senses, ranging from taking care of creating marketing material and social media to ensuring a seamless operation for all of our Seed Professionals and customers. She will assist in managing customer orders,  warehouse management, working with customers and Seed Pros , and other day-to-day operations. Brayvyn brings organization, dedication, creativity, and a goal-oriented personality to the team.

Above all, Brayvyn hopes to help customers reach their cropland’s maximum potential by adding value to every acre.

Jeff grew up in the beautiful, serene Southwest Wisconsin countryside on his family’s dairy farm. Upon graduating high school Jeff established a large custom square baling business gaining some very strongentrepreneurial experience. While running a successful business, Jeff also graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Farm and Industry Short Course program.

In 2005 Jeff graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville with a degree in Soil and CropScience. For the next decade Jeff worked as an agronomist. Jeff has a passion for agriculture and fosters relationships that help him make the most educated recommendation possible. Jeff gained his CertifiedCrop Advisor credentials in 2008. Jeff understands Working farmland requires tried and true strategies that businesses have used for generations. Your farm is much more than a business—it’s your way of life.

Jeff resides near Benton with his wife Traci and three sons, Porter, Henry and Carter. He spends much ofhis time hunting, fishing and watching his boys play sports. Jeff is also a Volunteer Fire Fighter with the Benton Fire Department as well as a volunteer coach for his boys’ summer baseball team

.Jeff is excited to be part of the Integrated Seed Solutions team. Where he can help growers implement proven solutions to their operations. It has always been a joy to see how a solution that I have provided to a problem can impact a grower’s success.

Bailey Wight is from the Bloomington/Normal area in central Illinois. She started her college career at Black Hawk east in Galva, IL and then transferred to the University of Illinois where she received her bachelor’s degree in Crop Science.While in college she joined several teams like horse judging and show team. Not only was she involved in school teams she also completed various internships ranging from managing seed corn trials to working in soybean breeding with various companies. After college she started her career with Pioneer as a research associate where she managed and collected data on various trials of corn and soybeans. She also was in charge of a cover crop system which focused on introducing new crops into a crop rotation. Outside of work she is an active member in the Young Leaders for the LaSalle County Farm Bureau as well as Alumni Booster for Heartland FFA. In her free time she is running a small businesswhich allows her to constantly grow her business skills and meet new people. She is always wanting to learn more and constantly grow relationships with others.

Danny is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. He grew up on a grain and livestock farm in Southwest Wisconsin.  Danny has always been near agriculture with unique visibility to multiple aspects of all things “Ag.” In his earlier years, he ran a small sweet corn business from the age of 15 until age 22 that helped pay his way through college……. at that time, Danny found great success selling sweet corn to many Chicago Bears fans who were making their way to Bears training camp in Platteville, Wisconsin.

His professional career started in 2006 as a Local Field Advisor for Monsanto in West Tennessee, where he developed and maintained relationships with growers and retailers.  In 2009, aspiring to advance his career and get closer to home, Danny accepted a position with Helena Agri-Enterprises as a Branch Manager in Northern Indiana. In this position he learned many facets of the agriculture business from A-Z. This experience introduced Danny to people management, retail sales, and built a strong foundation of both agronomic and product knowledge.  Shortly after, Danny moved within the company to North-Central Illinois as a Branch Manager for 6 retail locations. Danny had the responsibility of managing the business of the former Burroughs Ag locations headquartered in Toluca, Illinois. In this role, he had Operational and Sales Management responsibilities. Danny led efforts to reform the team’s personnel with new talent and developed a positive culture with excellent followership. He also cultivated great relationships with growers and key influencers in the area.  In 2022 he made a lateral move aimed at broadening his breadth of agricultural knowledge and accepted a role as Helena Agri-Enterprise’s Area Seed Manager for Illinois and Wisconsin. In this role Danny “was all things seed,” while working with 15 retail locations to improve knowledge and sales of all seed products.

Danny has always had the thirst to be involved with an organization that satisfies his entrepreneurial mindset and background of building tremendous relationships with both growers and business partners. As of August 2023, this is now a reality as he has officially joined the Integrated Seed Solutions team! Danny looks forward to bolstering the Integrated Seed Solutions current sales footprint, while also becoming heavily involved with expansion plans into Minnesota and Iowa.