Jerod Flaherty, First Vice President

Jerod Flaherty has been farming in Clarke County for 19 years producing corn, soybeans and various forage crops as well as a cow herd. On his operation he utilizes cover crops as well as rotational grazing.

Currently, Jerod serves as the Iowa Corn Promotion Board First Vice President and on the Animal Agriculture and Environment Committee. He also participates on the Clarke County FSA Committee and is a part of the Clarke County Zoning Board. Outside of agriculture he is a leader and teacher at the Osceola Church of Christ.

He looks forward to his time on ICPB to work to better represent the non-land-owning tenant farmers as he feels is an underrepresented population in many agriculture industries. He believes tenant farmers have a unique perspective on Iowa agriculture and wants to share his insight.

Jerod and his wife, Jess, have three kids, Grant, Isla Kay and Louie Marie.