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Joe Victor earned his Master of Arts Degree in Agriculture Education/Nutrition, with his Bachelor of Science majors in Production Agriculture, Agriculture Business and Ag Education from Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Victor grew up on a dairy farm in south-central New York. In 1980 he joined McHenry County College in Crystal Lake, IL. He worked as a full time Agriculture Instructor, teaching a variety of agribusiness and production agriculture classes. In 1984 he was promoted to Department Head of Agriculture/Horticulture. In 1996, Victor was named Vice President of Marketing with Allendale, Inc. His primary responsibility is to oversee the daily output of the Allendale Advisory Report and Allendale Advanced Charts and create new growth for Allendale’s services. His duties include writing articles, research and networking with information sources throughout North America, some of which are on electronic services and the Internet. Victor is also responsible for monitoring cash grain activity and cash grain opportunities, booking and organizing all speaking engagements, seminars and radio/television appearances. Victor is known as the voice of Allendale as a result of his wide array of radio, TV and public speaking engagements. He is active in community organizations. Joe has four children.

Robin Schmahl is a commodity broker and owner of AgDairy LLC, a full-service commodity brokerage firm located in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. He can be reached at 877-256-3253 or through their Web site at www.agdairy.com.

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Scott Anderson is a former Wall Street Investment Banker who returned to run family farm and now provides precision grain marketing management tools to farmers.

Kristina grew up in a small farming community in southwest Iowa. Today, she lives on five acres in the country while running her own consulting business in the city. Her website, www.kristinashouse.com, features homemaking, gardening, travel, entertainment, business and technology tips. In the kitchen, Kristina bridges the recipes of her past to the new flavors and fashionable foods of today. In business, she combines a Midwest work ethic with trendy tech tools. Join her each week for flashbacks and fast-forwards. To contact her, e-mail: Kristina@kristinashouse.com.

Andy is a seasoned grain market analyst and the senior account executive at Walsh Hedging. His main focus is assisting producers and end users to better hedge their investments through his various market strategies over his years of experience working on the grain floor.

Doug Austin is passionate finding solutions that will allow us to nutritiously, responsibly and profitably produce the food in our future. His experience in consumer insights and shopper marketing bring interesting and helpful insights to the table about the customer’s perspective of our food production and how the industry can work together for a brighter more nutritious future.