Garrett Stephens of Edinburg started as an assistant vice president of crop insurance in the Taylorville regional office Aug. 19. The Taylorville office serves farm families and rural landowners in Christian and Montgomery Counties.

Tell us a little about yourself.

I was raised on my family’s Christian County grain and livestock farm and graduated from Edinburg High School before receiving a bachelor’s degree in agriculture business from Illinois State University in May 2019.