Ernest D. Moody. Mr. Moody, of Rochester, Illinois, is a co-founder and has served since 1996 as the President of the Heartland Ag Group of Springfield, a farm management, appraisal and real estate sales company. He presently manages over $80 million in farmland investments for various owners and has acted as Farm Manager for Marine Bank/Bank One, Illinois National Bank and Southern Plantations Group. He is also a DeWitt County farmer and is a 1970 graduate of the University of Illinois with a B.S. in Agricultural Industries. He is an Accredited Farm Manager, Certified Agricultural Consultant, Accredited Rural Appraiser and an Illinois Real Estate Broker. He has held leadership positions as the past president of the Illinois Society of Professional Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers, past chairman of the Land of Lincoln Agricultural Coalition and past president of the Ottawa Jaycees. He is a member of the Land of Lincoln Agriculture Coalition, the American Society of Professional Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers, the American Society of Agriculture Consultants, the Realtors Land Institute, Illinois Corn Growers, Sangamon County Farm Bureau and Illinois Farmers Union. He holds stock in several agricultural service and grain cooperatives. Mr. Moody was appointed to the Rawhide board in February 2007 to represent us on that board.