Haley Bickelhaupt was raised in Mount Carroll, Illinois on a grain and Hereford cattle operation. She attends the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she majors in Agricultural Communications/Journalism. Haley is a member of 4H House, National Agricultural Communicators of Tomorrow and the National Hereford Association.

During the summer of 2022, Haley interned with Agri-Pulse Communications in Washington D.C. where she worked in print and audio journalism helping cover the Farm Bill, crop insurance and high input costs.

Haley looks forward to combining her passion for agriculture, policy and communications in this role. She will work at IL Corn part time until her graduation in May 2023.