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Who We Are

North 40 Ag is more than a seed and agronomy consulting company. We care about farmers, because we are farmers. We listen to your goals and work with you to come up with the best possible solution.

Marcus Vogel started North 40 Ag in 2011. When Kate Vogel joined him in 2014 they were able to expand the business and what they could offer for the regions farmers and ranchers. At North 40 Ag, we specialize in cover crop seed, but also provide consulting services and Pioneer products.

We do not have any canned cover crop mixes that can work for multiple situations. We have traveled and worked with farmers and ranchers across Montana, Wyoming, and North Dakota to see what works best in each area. We use this knowledge to make custom mixes to fit each operators goals.

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Kate Vogel

Seed Advisor, CPAG, CCA, CPSS

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Marc Vogel

Pioneer Seed Advisor

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Jules Morse

Seed Advisor & Pioneer Assistant

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Opal Bingen

Office coordinator

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Jordan Stirling

Warehouse

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Aaron Morast

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McKenna Hanford

Seed Advisor

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McKenna Hanford

Aaron Morast grew up in Eastern Montana on a small family farm and ranch. He joined North 40 Ag in 2020 as summer help and has become an asset to the team by assisting in all aspects of the company. While he started on the mixing floor, he also helps with our soil sampling demands in the fall and is going to start working with customers in sales. He is doing all this while also studying for his bachelor’s degree in Small Business Management at Rocky Mountain College.

“It has been interesting to see the side of agriculture that I didn’t get to see growing up,” said Aaron. “Farmers and ranchers provide so much for the world, I am happy to give them a service in return.”

On the weekends, Aaron usually goes home to help his family on their ranch. He also jumps in where needed when there, but his main duties are haying and working cows. Rarely, but some weekends he gets some time off from both work and family obligations and gets to be normal college kid and hangs out with friends.

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Aaron Morast

Aaron Morast grew up in Eastern Montana on a small family farm and ranch. He joined North 40 Ag in 2020 as summer help and has become an asset to the team by assisting in all aspects of the company. While he started on the mixing floor, he also helps with our soil sampling demands in the fall and is going to start working with customers in sales. He is doing all this while also studying for his bachelor’s degree in Small Business Management at Rocky Mountain College.

“It has been interesting to see the side of agriculture that I didn’t get to see growing up,” said Aaron. “Farmers and ranchers provide so much for the world, I am happy to give them a service in return.”

On the weekends, Aaron usually goes home to help his family on their ranch. He also jumps in where needed when there, but his main duties are haying and working cows. Rarely, but some weekends he gets some time off from both work and family obligations and gets to be normal college kid and hangs out with friends.

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Jordan Stirling

warehouse

Jordan is from the small community of Forsyth and has lived
in the Billings area for the past 9 years taking in all the experience life has
offered along the way. Jordan has worked in the truck driving industry for most
of his time in Billings ranging from road construction, heaving hauling and
fuel delivery as well as some agricultural based work. He is excited to be a
part of the North 40 team as the new warehouse assistant and learn as much as
possible about the cover crop industry along with the many components of the
farm and ranch lifestyle.

“I look forward to growing my knowledge of farm and ranch
operation and learning as much as I can at North40,” said Jordan. “My passion
and drive for agriculture has grown through the years and I am excited to see
what possibilities and advancements can be made in the cover crop industry.”

Apart from working at North40, Jordan enjoys golfing the
many courses around the state, as well as spending time in the mountains
camping with his wife Jessica and their daughter Casey, and their son Cooper. 

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Ryan Finch

Warehouse Manager

Ryan Finch grew up in the Southeast spending time in South Mississippi and North Florida. As the son of a peanut and cotton farmer, and the grandson of a Black Angus rancher, Ryan has always had his hand in the agriculture industry. After high school, he went on to college to rodeo. Currently Ryan is still involved in rodeo and is an active member in the PRCA, and various team roping associations. After college Ryan worked in the wind industry building power substations until moving to Montana. Since living here he has been a farrier and worked for ranches in the area. Ryan joined North 40 Ag in January and will be the powerhouse behind all of your custom mixes, and warehouse requests. Ryan is excited to be involved in the ag industry again, and an asset to the North 40 warehouse.

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Kate Vogel

Seed Advisor, CPAG, CCA, CPSS

Kate Vogel grew up in eastern Colorado helping with the neighbors’ cattle, this is where her fondness for agriculture was first discovered. She studied dryland, no-till systems at Colorado State University and after completing her Master’s degree, she moved up to Montana. Kate joined her husband Marcus who started North 40 Ag in 2011, as a way to bring seed and education to their community.

“As we developed the mission of North 40 Ag, I kept coming back to the importance of people. We have grown our family here since the start,” said Kate. “Our employees have become part of our family, but so have our customers. My favorite part of what I do is getting to build relationships with our clients and seeing the improvement they can make on their operation in their journey to meet their soil health goals.”

North 40 Ag has provided Kate with the outlet to continue to assist the regions farmers and ranchers in implementing cover crops, no-till practices, crop rotations and other soil health practices. It is her passion for farmers and ranchers that keeps her pushing North 40 Ag forward.

Kate and Marc have 2 beautiful girls, and a son, and enjoy spending time outdoors. This could be a family drive to look at corn, or a trip to the mountains to hike.

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Opal bingen

Office Coordinator

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Marc Vogel

Pioneer Seed Advisor

Marcus Vogel is a 4th generation farmer and cattle feeder in the Huntly Project area. He works on his family operation with his dad, uncle and two brothers. The farm produces corn, alfalfa, wheat, sunflowers, soybeans, and cover crops. Depending on the time of year, Marc’s day is filled either with the farming duties of the operation or traveling the region servicing his Pioneer clients. In farming season, you usually find him out in a tractor, keeping the pivots running, irrigating, or harvesting. Marc’s education and experience are what drove him to start North 40 Ag in 2011. He wanted to offer insight to other producers in his region to help increase their success. He is a farmer, and that is what makes him the perfect asset for our customers here at North 40 Ag.

“I actually started North 40 Ag for a little extra beer money, the hot agronomist I married was just a bonus,” says Marc. “All jokes aside, I am so grateful to be able to help fellow farmers and ranchers accomplish their goals and improve their operations.”

Farming may be close to Marc’s heart, but his family is his number one. Together with Kate, they have 2 girls, and he loves making them apart of his farming lifestyle. It is important to both him and Kate that the girls know what life is like on the farm, so you will usually see them in the corn chopper or in the pickup checking corn fields. The only way to extend the family legacy is to bring in the next generation and make it a passion of theirs as well.

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Julissa Morse

Pioneer Rep & Creative Assistant

Julissa Morse, also known around here as Jules, has had agriculture apart of her life from a young age and it has culminated into a passion that she is now proud to call her career. Jules got her public relations degree from Montana State University – Billings. While searching for her next adventure, she came onto the North 40 Ag team during a time of growth, which left us short staffed on the mix floor. She picked up the slack where needed and then started helping Kate with creating custom cover crop mixes.  She is now one of our cover crop seed advisors and also services some of our Pioneer brand customers.

“Working at North 40 Ag has opened my eyes to new farming and ranching practices. Every day we face new scenarios on different operations,” said Jules. “Helping producers find a solution that meets their goals has proven to be one of the most rewarding parts of my job. It’s nice to remind people across the state that there are multiple solutions and farming practices aren’t always a “one size fits all.”

Outside of North 40 Ag, Jules loves hiking, hunting and being outdoors with her husband Baxter and their new son Clive.