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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.

Nichols Farms is located in Southwest Iowa, marketing bulls, semen and embryos throughout the world. Nichols Farms and its franchises are all family farms, selling Nichols Beef Genetics and offering Nichols Value Added Programs.

Mark Thorndyke grew up in a farming family, detasseled corn during the summer months while in college and now owns farmland in Ford and Livingston counties in Illinois. Mark’s professional passions led him to become a financial advisor, but he never forgot his roots and has a strong desire to help farmers achieve their life goals through a sound investment strategy. Mark is a wealth management advisor and Managing Director at Merrill Lynch. He also is Vice President of The Chicago Farmers. He lives in Lake Barrington.

Dr Jude L. Capper is an independent livestock sustainability consultant, with a BSc in animal science and a PhD in ruminant nutrition and behavior. Her main professional goal is to communicate the importance of livestock industry sustainability and the factors affecting sustainability to enhance the knowledge and understanding of food production stakeholders.

Rachel Gingell has always had an interest in farm tractors. The interest that sparked at a young age in the barn with her dad continued to competing in tractor pulls, working at a dealership and professionally auctioning farm equipment. Years later, Rachel’s childhood interest in farm equipment is still going strong. She’s become an integral part of the family business and an innovator in her own right, with her work featured in several trade magazines. Rachel specializes in developing technological tools to expand the tractor enthusiast community. She is a pioneer in online-only auction sales and created Tractor Guide, and iPhone app that allows people to determine the year any tractor was built. Rachel is an alumnus of Cedarville University and Missouri Auction School. Besides tractors, Rachel also enjoys motorcycles, baking and sewing.

Will Babler is a principal with Atten Babler Commodities LLC. The firm serves producers, processors and end users in the dairy industry by providing education, margin management programs and futures and options brokerage services. You can reach Atten Babler Commodities at 800-884-8290, info@attenbabler.com or www.attenbabler.com

Matt Gould is dairy analyst at The Dairy & Food Market Analyst. He is a 2014 graduate of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Contact him at MGould@DairyMarketAnalyst.com or 585.813.8777. Subscribe at www.DairyMarketAnalyst.com.

Pack Creek Capital provides listed and OTC risk management solutions that champion the best interests of our commodity clients.

Hope Pjesky is a farmer/rancher in northern Oklahoma, USA. She raises beef cattle and grows wheat. Hope wants all farmers to have better lives! She believes that farmers everywhere have a lot in common and supports all farmers. No matter what country they are from, no matter what size their farm is, no matter what they produce, no matter what production practices they use, Hope wants all farmers to be productive and have a good life.