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Dusty and Dale raise purebred Murray Grey beef seedstock and working Australian Shepherds in the idyllic hamlet of Bellfountain, cradled in the foothills of the Coast Range of Western Oregon

Nathan serves as the Nebraska Extension Cropping Systems and Agricultural Technologies Educator from Fremont, NE. He provides local agronomic support for Dodge and Washington County. After growing up on the family dairy farm 15 miles northeast of Fremont, he earned a bachelor’s and master’s degree in agronomy from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and a PhD in agronomy from Kansas State University. His master’s degree focused on sediment and phosphorus movement in agricultural watersheds. After that, he worked for the Indiana State Department of Agriculture – Soil Conservation Division for two years while his wife attended Purdue University in West Lafayette. He moved to Manhattan, KS where he worked on my PhD at Kansas State University in the Department of Agronomy. His doctoral research was on the nitrogen use of winter annual weeds in no-till corn systems and his second research project was on liquid starter and foliar micronutrient fertilizers for high yield irrigated corn and soybeans. Prior to moving back to Nebraska, he was an assistant professor at South Dakota State University from 2012-2014 serving as the state extension agronomist in Brooking, SD. Nathan is also a Certified Crop Adviser in Nebraska. Find Nathan on Twitter

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Ron Mortensen is principal of Dairy Gross Margin, LLC, an agency that specializes in LGM-Dairy products, and owner of Advantage Agricultural Strategies, Ltd., a commodity trading advisor. Contact him at ron@dairygrossmargin.com or visit www.dairygrossmargin.com.

Katie Hancock is an agricultural commodity marketing consultant for Brock Associates and manages a 5,000 acre operation with her husband, Jordan.

Grain TV is a daily recap after the market close, providing opinions on fundamental analysis of market direction, influences and expectations. This daily program is produced by Grain Hedge, a discount brokerage firm that provides farmers and elevators with agricultural intelligence including live market quotes, cash bid data, the Grain Hedge Optimizer™ and mobile trading platforms, all for $7 commission per side. Grain Hedge provides tools to allow farmers the ability to trade when the markets move without having to wait for a broker and the information to execute a marketing strategy with confidence.

Chris Swift is a commodities broker and sole proprietor of Swift Trading Company in Nashville, Tennessee. Although the business name on the door has changed a couple of times throughout the years, Chris continues to sit behind the same desk he started 27 years ago. Chris provides two daily market commentaries in addition to futures and options trading advice for his individual and corporate clientele. Chris trades all of the commodities markets, and aligns himself with the cattle industry. He is a Guaranteed Introducing Broker for Rosenthal Collins Group and can be reached at 877-863-2206. www.shootinthebull.com

AgYield is a full service revenue management company for growers, supported by the most comprehensive web-based software program in the industry. Stemming from our rich history of three generations of Illinois farmers and over 45 years as the largest family-owned FCM at the Chicago Board of Trade (Iowa Grain Co.), AgYield has the first-hand experience and expertise to assist growers in managing their revenue and maximize return on their grain. AgYield does not have opinions on the market. Our objective is to assist the American farmer in reaching their profitability goals, regardless of where the grain markets move. Many individuals do not use the resources available to them (forward contracts, HTA’s, futures, options, etc.). We help growers see and understand how to harness, and leverage, those resources to their benefit. AgYield works with service providers who serve growers throughout the ag industry (ag lenders, crop insurance agents, COOPs, consultants, etc.) to speak at grower meetings, training workshops, grain marketing clubs and other events, to educate growers on the value of strong, proactive revenue management.

Jarod Creed is the owner of JC Marketing Services, LLC based in Waterloo, IA working with producers and firms across the Midwest. Creed specializes in education and development of executing margin-based marketing plans for producers that brings together all inputs and outputs. Creed is the former Senior Director of Customer Risk Management of Gavilon Group, LLC, a leading commodity management firm. Creed developed and led a new Gavilon organization called Gavilon Producer Solutions. Prior to joining Gavilon, Creed served as a Senior Account Representative for The Anderson’s., where he provided risk management services for large scale clients and mentored originators in both Nebraska and Iowa. Prior to working with The Anderson’s, Creed was a Grain Marketing Specialist at Team Marketing Alliance in central Kansas. The culmination of this experience has resulted in Creed’s specialized skills enabling many industry participants to provide industry leading risk management services by leveraging readily available information the changing grain network provides. Creed is currently sits on the board of the National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) International Trade and Agriculture Policy Committee and a “Big” in the Big Brother, Big Sister Organization of the Midlands. Creed attended Bethany College in Lindsborg, KS where he studied Business Management. Creed also proudly served the United States in the Air National Guard of which he was deployed on several missions.