Alliance Ag & Grain Launches Apprenticeship Program Through Kansas Farm Bureau

Alliance Ag & Grain has announced an apprenticeship program through Kansas Farm Bureau’s Rural Kansas Apprenticeship Program (RKAP). 

Kansas Farm Bureau (KFB) created their rural apprenticeship program at the end of 2022 to help address the workforce needs in rural communities across the state. KFB will assist Alliance Ag and the Kansas Office of Registered Apprenticeship in the administration of this new program – which will provide training and technical instruction to employees hired into specific operations positions. 

“Alliance Ag is an excellent partner because like KFB, they serve farmers, ranchers and agribusinesses,” says Joel Leftwich, KFB’s chief strategy officer. “KFB is excited to develop a program where Alliance Ag and its employees can grow alongside each other to support agriculture and rural Kansas.”

Applicants will be recruited, interviewed, hired and employed by Alliance Ag. The company then plans to provide their apprentices with mentorship, training and payment as they develop new skills in an ag career path.

“Alliance Ag & Grain is excited to partner with Kansas Farm Bureau in their Rural Kansas Apprenticeship Program,” says Jeff Stockton, Alliance Ag & Grain vice president of business development. “For us, the labor challenge continues in small-town America, and we feel this program will be a piece of the solution. KFB provides us with the format, educational support and agricultural advocacy we need to develop and incorporate this apprenticeship plan. We’re confident this on-the-job training program will help us develop skills and provide technical instruction to our workforce as we look to meet our future employment needs.”