Mike Meisenzahl is the recipient of the 2025 Crop Insurance Industry Outstanding Outreach Award, which was presented during the 2025 Crop Insurance Industry Annual Convention in Bonita Springs, Fl. The Outstanding Outreach award recognizes an individual who provides outstanding service to all farmers, including outreach to small, limited resource, and socially disadvantaged farmers.

Mike started in crop insurance with Spartan Agency in 2009 and formed Clover Ag Risk Management in 2019.  During his 15 years of crop insurance, Mike has made a significant impact in his home state of New York and surrounding states.  His agency specializes in crop insurance, grain marketing, risk and data management. His skills are used to mitigate risk in farming operations and set up his farmers for success in today’s turbulent agricultural economy.

Currently serving as Treasurer of the New York Corn & Soybean Growers Association, Mike has been an active member with events such as the New York Corn & Soybean Grower Expo, Winter Expo, New York Corn Yield Tour and the New York Summer Crop Tour. He was also a presenter at a sustainability discussion between students in the Environmental and Sustainability Sciences Department at Kean University.

Mike’s agency has supported the Genesee County Farm Bureau’s Young Farmer’s Night event and hosts numerous marketing and rick management workshops to better educate farmers on decisions they make.

The agency has a large footprint with clients spanning the states of New York, Pennsylvania, and others.  Along with this large territory, Mike and his agency cover an extremely diverse range of crops which include corn, soybeans, wheat, Pasture, Rangeland, and Forage, Dairy Revenue Protection, and Livestock Revenue Protection.

Mike is tied to agriculture both professionally and personally. When he’s not working, he also stays busy working on his family’s farm. He and his wife, Larisa, have three sons.  Mike’s hobbies include fishing, golfing, skiing, and cheering on the Buffalo Bills.

PHOTO: Mike Meisenzahl was presented with the 2025 Crop Insurance Outstanding Outreach award by Scott Arnold (left) Chair of the National Crop Insurance Services Board of Directors, and Tom Zacharias (right), President of National Crop Insurance Services.