Professional problem-solvers achieving clients' goals and advocating their success
AGPROfessionals is an outcome-focused development and advocacy practice headquartered in Greeley, Colorado, providing a broad spectrum of services to farmers, ranchers, investors, and other stakeholders in the agricultural industry across the United States. Founded in 2000, it specializes in large-scale agriculture development throughout the Western United States, offering agricultural engineering, environmental consulting, land planning, agronomy, surveying, and real estate services.
Tom HarenChief Executive Officer
Tim NaylorChief Operating Officer
Chad teVeldeSenior Principal Engineer
Valene CauhornAgricultural Engineer, Civil Engineer, Regional Manager
Trish SpaineSr. Advisor - Professional Engineer
Jason AlleeSenior Professional Land Surveyor
Ryan HostetlerManaging Broker - Real Estate
Karen Gerfen GlueckVice President of Communications and Strategic Planning
Matt ThompsonProfessional Engineer
Frank MercurioProfessional Engineer
Janine BarattaSenior Agronomist
Austin KerbsProfessional Engineer, Level II
Design and development support for large-scale livestock and agricultural facilities across the Western United States.
Delivers infrastructure, drainage, and site design for agricultural, commercial, and residential developments.
Assists with regulatory compliance, permitting, and environmental protection for agricultural and industrial operations.
Navigates complex zoning, entitlement, and public processes for agricultural, commercial, and residential properties.
Provides precise boundary, topographic, and construction mapping for land development and agricultural projects.
Optimizes crop production and manages agricultural waste systems for large-scale farming and confined animal feeding operations.
Represents farming and ranching interests before state, municipal, and county regulatory bodies.
Facilitates farm and ranch acquisitions, land assemblage, and agricultural land brokerage services.
Agriculture · Industrial · Commercial · Residential · Stormwater & Flood Control · Water Resources
Gooding County, ID · Agriculture · Client: Boer family
Provided engineering, design, and permitting support for a dairy expansion in Gooding County to ensure the facility layout complied with all county and state requirements.
Colorado · Agriculture · Client: Sandy Hills Family Dairy, LLC
Assisted with a Special Use Permit (SUP) expansion to increase the capacity of the dairy facility to 14,500 head, addressing nearby residential development pressure.
Weld County, CO · Agriculture · Client: Opal Foods
Prepared an Amended Use by Special Review permit with Weld County to expand the capacity of an existing egg laying facility to four million birds.
Canyon County, ID · Agriculture · Client: AK Feeders
Delivered technical engineering services for the expansion of a feedyard from an Animal Feeding Operation to a Confined Animal Feeding Operation.