Dan Theilen comes to UFARM following 20 years of employment with Cargill, Inc. He was raised on a row crop grain farming and swine production operation in east-central Nebraska and received his Bachelor of Science degree in Agronomy from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.

While with Cargill, Dan worked in several roles including managing grain elevator and crop production facilities in South Dakota and Minnesota. He also spent time as a Regional Operations Leader supervising six facilities in north-central Indiana and southwest Michigan. Most recently, Dan was able to return to Nebraska and spent four years managing an animal premix and nutrition manufacturing facility for Cargill, where he led 60 employees in Fremont, NE.

Dan travels a territory that is predominantly south and west of Lincoln. He and his wife, Alicia, have two daughters. Agriculture is very close to Dan’s heart and he enjoys working with landowners as they strive to meet their land ownership goals.