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David Fiala

Agricultural Marketing Specialist
FuturesOne Chief Analyst and Advisor

David M. Fiala serves as President and Chief Analyst & Advisor of FuturesOne. David is a former Agricultural Marketing Instructor for the University of Nebraska in Lincoln. Before moving to Lincoln at the end of 1999, David spent the previous five years in Chicago working as a Futures Broker, Agricultural Analyst and Commodity Trading Advisor (CTA). He has been licensed with the National Futures Association (NFA) and registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) since 1995. Now residing in Lincoln, in addition to being a writer for DTN, David continues his work as a risk manager, broker, analyst and CTA.

David grew up in Nebraska gaining market experience and knowledge in both the grain and meat arenas. He received his B. S. in Agribusiness from the University of Nebraska. There he dedicated much work toward Agricultural Marketing, working two years as a teaching assistant with renowned agricultural marketing expert Dr. James Kendrick, who taught the Agricultural Marketing course since the sixties. David was honored with the Outstanding Agribusiness Senior and FCA College Athlete of the Year awards in college.

After graduation David went into the Agricultural Economics Graduate program at Nebraska where he served as President of the Nebraska Agricultural Economic Graduate Student Organization in 1994-95. David is also a graduate of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange’s exclusive Agricultural Broker Training Program. There, he gained first-hand floor experience, thus gaining a firm understanding of the mechanics of the futures and options marketplace. The program went on to advance his education in many different fundamental, technical trading and hedging methods through classroom instruction from industry professionals. These advanced strategies, using both futures and options, are an integral part of his daily brokerage and analytical activities.

David maintains a good network with industry professionals and constantly monitors weather items and fundamental market information. He analyzes the charts or technical picture of the market attempting to predict fund activity. The estimated fund and commercial activity is monitored everyday. David’s market interpretations have been sought by medias such as Futures Magazine, Reuters News, WCIU Channel 26 in Chicago and KWHY Channel 22 in Los Angeles, Farm and Ranch’s Heartland Express. David has also been the featured speaker at trading and hedging seminars, as well as Chicago Mercantile Exchange Educational Courses. David’s goal is to continue to learn and research the markets as we advance in the global economy.

David is unique because of his ability to act as a risk manager and not just as a trader. More specifically, his focus is on the farmer risk and farm revenue rather than taking unnecessary risks by trying to always out guess the market. Collectively, these items give David a very complete view of the market place that he can put to work for you. Does that sound like something you might be interested in?

David also relies on FuturesOne Risk Managers throughout the country both for their overall market opinions but also local basis opinions. As you may know, the majority of FuturesOne Risk Managers have experience in commercial or small elevator cash trade and constantly monitor the cash markets. David values their information and market opinions. He knows that the monitoring of a customer’s local / regional basis picture is a very important element in the net price a producer receives for their grain.

The focus of the FuturesOne team is to tailor programs for individual producers, setting a game plan that will add more structure and sophistication to the way they sell their grain and protect their farm revenue. David looks forward to putting our team to work for you.

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Joel Wesely

Risk Management Consultant
Licensed Commodity Futures & Options Broker

Joel began working with FuturesOne in 2002 as a futures broker and risk management intern after completing David Fiala’s Agricultural Marketing course at the University of Nebraska. His duties at FuturesOne are to develop and present risk management programs for producers reflecting the FuturesOne risk management philosophy. While at FuturesOne Joel plans to always continue to learn and develop his skills as a broker and risk manager.

Joel grew up on a small farm 30 miles west of Lincoln and was involved in many aspects of Agriculture. He learned the importance of communication and developing a personal approach when dealing with people through his father who is an FFA Advisor and Vocational Agricultural teacher. Joel graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Agribusiness. Joel received many academic honors for his educational achievements including graduating with High Distinction.

Joel's main goal at FuturesOne is to continue to study the markets and develop solid relationships by delivering valuable information to his clients and keeping them focused on the FuturesOne risk management programs. By doing this Joel believes he can develop better communication and assist producers in making the marketing decisions they need to maximize the reward for their efforts.

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Andrew Fiala

Risk Management Consultant
Licensed Commodity Futures & Options Broker

Andrew began working with FuturesOne in 2001 as a risk management intern and futures broker after completing David Fiala's Agricultural Marketing course at the University of Nebraska. In this course, he gained valuable technical and fundamental analysis knowledge as well as a solid familiarity with the many tools that can be used to manage risk. Andrew develops customized risk management programs for producers that incorporate the FuturesOne risk management philosophy.

Andrew is registered with the National Futures Association through FuturesOne. Andrew has learned many aspects of the futures business, from experiencing, first-hand, the trading floors in Chicago to analyzing global supply and demand items for grain and livestock production; gaining experience with risk management and hedging directed toward agricultural production.

Andrew grew up in a rural setting 25 miles west of Lincoln, where he was involved in many aspects of grain and livestock production. He developed and honed many skills including communication though his active membership in 4-H and FFA. Andrew earned his Bachelor’s of Science degree in Agribusiness/Agricultural Economics from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He received many scholastic honors while in school and graduated with High Distinction.

Andrew’s main goal at FuturesOne is to help producers maximize revenues on their cash commodities through a personalized risk plan. He accomplishes this through continued study of domestic and global markets, by building a network of relationships within the industry and consistent communications with clients helping them stick to their plan. In this way, Andrew helps producers get the most out of their efforts in farming.

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Gary Hansen

Risk Management Consultant
Licensed Commodity Futures & Options Broker

Gary began working with FuturesOne in 2003 as a Futures Broker and Risk Management Consultant. Gary was attracted to the direction and focus of FuturesOne and the value he believes it can bring to customers. Gary has been involved in the futures markets or in marketing cash commodities since the early 70’s.

Gary was born and raised on a farm just out side of Ames, Nebraska which is near North Bend, Nebraska. So, agriculture has always been a fixture in his life and, more specifically, the marketing of agricultural products has been a fixture in his professional career. Before joining FuturesOne, Gary spent the earlier four years working as a Risk Management Consultant for two co-ops in Minnesota. These co-ops owned seven different elevators in the southeast part of the state.

Gary shares the FuturesOne focus and attitude toward risk management. His goal is to have producers set up a risk management plan that will secure good farm revenue every year toward the end of helping customers thrive instead of just survive. Gary’s wealth of experience and very personal, yet disciplined demeanor make it very easy for producers to relate to him and tap into his experience and put it to work for their farming operation.

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Steve Dietz

Risk Management Consultant
Grain & Oilseed Analyst
Managed Futures Specialist
Licensed Commodity Futures & Options Broker

Steve has been a registered futures broker since 1994. Steve serves in a dual role with FuturesOne as both consultant and analyst. He also serves as President and principal of Andorra Capital, a Registered Investment Advisor and Commodity Pool Operator. His background and association with these two firms give him a unique perspective and set of disciplines which clients and investors may draw upon.

Steve grew up on a farm in central Nebraska. He received his degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where he was a Regents Scholar and Innocents Honoree, with disciplines in Agricultural Economics, Finance and Mathematics.

Steve began his career on the trading floors of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange in 1994, where he had been recommended into the Chicago Mercantile Exchange’s Agricultural Brokers Training Program after college. This program meshed advanced market analysis, trading strategies, and market logic with trading floor experience. After the program, he continued to work on the trading floor in various capacities, including that of trader trainee with Keystone Trading in currency options. In 1997 he joined Alaron Trading as a Senior Broker and Junior Grains Analyst. In 1999 Steve became an independent professional trader with Bright Trading, specializing primarily in merger/acquisition risk-arbitrage.

Steve has been registered with FuturesOne since 2001.

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Clint Duis

Risk Management Consultant
Licensed Commodity Futures & Options Broker

Clint began working for FuturesOne in the summer of 2005 and is a proud member of the FuturesOne Risk Management Team. He grew up on a family farm near Odell in Gage County, Nebraska, helping with the family Cattle and Sheep operation. At a young age he also observed his father's farming operation, which produced wheat and sorghum. Clint also participated in 4-H where he raised and showed market lambs.

Clint gained further agricultural knowledge while helping with the production and sale of Duis Hay Company's Alfalfa crop, working with dairies and feedlots across the Midwest. He then gained a better understanding of the industry as a whole by becoming a partner in Duis Commodities in 2001, a family owned trucking company, which hauls grain fertilizer rock and hay for producers and agricultural facilities throughout the Midwest.

In 2003 Clint graduated from SCC-Beatrice with a degree in Business Administration while obtaining a membership in Phi Theta Kappa. He then continued his studies and collegiate basketball career at Bellevue University, where he graduated in 2005 with a Bachelor of Science degree with a major in Finance. While attending Bellevue University, Clint received awards including the MCAC scholar athlete of the year, Academic All-American, and Bellevue University athlete of the year.

Clint joined the FuturesOne team in order to help producers from his area and abroad to better market their grain and livestock. He is very excited to be part of a team that can offer people from the same background risk management and a way to maximize the wealth of their operation. Clint's drive to help producers as much as possible comes from the great amount of pride he takes in having a "small town" background along with the agricultural heritage of his family.

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Brent Schlake

Risk Management Consultant
Licensed Commodity Futures & Options Broker

Brent grew up on a fourth generation family farm near Blue Springs in southern Gage County Nebraska. There, he was an integral part of a grain and livestock operation that consisted of corn, soybeans, wheat, sorghum and a cow/calf operation. Brent currently still devotes his extra time to helping his family farm.

Brent attended the University of Nebraska at Lincoln where he received his Bachelor’s degree in both Agribusiness and Ag Economics. While at the University, Brent was a member of numerous agricultural clubs including the Agriculture Economics Business Club. Through both academic work and involvement on a family farm, Brent has gained an extensive knowledge in the field of agriculture.

Brent looks forward to the opportunity of getting to know each farmer individually and setting up a marketing plan that will help his operation build over time.

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Will Fellers

Risk Management Consultant
Licensed Commodity Futures & Options Broker

Will grew up outside of Lexington NE on his family farm. Through this, he gained valuable production experience while assisting in year-round production of corn, soybeans and Shorthorn cattle.

As a youth Will was active in both 4-H and FFA, where he competed in many areas of livestock judging and showmanship.

In 2004, Will was deployed with the 735 th Transportation Company to the Iraqi Theatre. We are very proud of Will and thank him for his service to our country.

Upon his return in 2005, Will continued his studies of Ag Economics with a focus in Public Policy at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln. Will joined FuturesOne in March of 2008. Starting as an intern while still in school, will worked his way up to the level of Risk Management Consultant. Will graduated in December of this past year with a Bachelor’s degree.

Will now continues his work with farmers to help them meet the ever-increasing challenges of the Ag economy in the years ahead.

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Cynthia Koester

Risk Management Consultant
Licensed Commodity Futures & Options Broker

Cyndi Koester gained her knowledge of Ag risk management marketing during her years of farming in Northeastern Colorado and Southwestern Nebraska. In this endeavor, she handled the financing, crop marketing and contracts, as well as operation of machinery and irrigation. She understands firsthand the emotional ties that producers have to their commodities as well as the monetary considerations, time constraints and the stress involved in the day-to-day decisions of a farm.

In 2005, Cyndi obtained her series 3 and 30 broker licenses and began assisting spec traders and hedgers trade commodities. This experience solidified her opinion that a planned approach which always focused on cash positions, margin considerations and each producer’s risk and unique circumstances is imperative to a customer’s success and enjoyment of life. She also learned hands-on the stresses and difficulties involved for brokers analyzing commodities, financial markets and executing a marketing plan.

Cyndi’s desire is to assist farmers understand the tools that are available to them through hedging and option strategies, as well as cash marketing contracts allowing them to diversify their risk. She strives to offer producers more control in the marketing arena and encourages them to offer their unique perspective to the process. Her talents and experiences also provide her with the ability to view the relationship between broker and producer from both sides of the fence, offering common ground to each in facilitating long and productive relationships.

Cyndi finds the team approach at FuturesOne to be invaluable to producers as the commodities markets and agriculture become more unpredictable and less stable. Of utmost importance to her is that she be a resource to producers as they move forward during these difficult times. She encourages customers to involve their bankers in the marketing process and ask questions. She also finds the relationships that develop between brokers and customers extremely rewarding.

Cyndi has served on the boards of the Colorado Corn Checkoff Committee and Colorado Corn Growers Association. She has lobbied senators in Washington, D.C. for support of ethanol, irrigation and livestock operations while in this capacity. She also served as a delegate to Farm Aid during the agricultural crisis of the 1980s. She has had the privilege of visiting farms in Europe and South America. She views the role of herself and FuturesOne as important, not only to individual producers, but to food security for our nation.

Aside from work, Cyndi likes spending time with her two children, Zakary and Olivia, traveling, gardening, and writing fiction. She believes everyone has a story from which others can benefit. She looks forward to meeting you, learning about your operation and discovering how it is that the FuturesOne team can assist you in fulfilling your financial goals.

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Bill Krejci

Risk Management Consultant
Licensed Commodity Futures & Options Broker

Bill began working for FuturesOne in the winter of 2008 and is extremely proud to be part of the FuturesOne Risk Management Team. Growing up near Exeter, Nebraska in Fillmore County, Bill helped out with the Krejci family farm that produced corn, soybeans, milo, wheat and alfalfa as well as helping with the cow/calf and cattle feedlot enterprise. He also helped with the 1,500 head farrow-to-finish hog operation.

Bill gained more agricultural knowledge while attending the University of Nebraska, completing an Agriculture Business 2-year accreditation course and traveling back and forth to help maintain the farm with his father and brother-in-law while at the University. Bill was a member of the Nebraska Cornhusker Football team from 1977-1980 and earned a letterman’s award.

Joining the FuturesOne team has given Bill the opportunity to offer producers from around the Midwest a sincere and affordable risk management program that will help their bottom line year in and year out. Bill’s background in the Ag community and his working side by side with producers over the past 20 years has given him the experience needed to help producers market their grain and livestock.

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Owen Lasswell

Risk Management Consultant
 Licensed Commodity Futures & Options Broker

Owen is currently a registered futures broker and risk management consultant with FuturesOne. He grew up on a central Illinois farm where he was an integral part of his family’s cow/calf operation. While growing up, Owen worked for the Illinois Department of Agriculture, where he developed valuable communication skills with farm and ranch producers.

Owen graduated from the University of Nebraska with a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Animal Science and a minor in Agricultural Economics. Through his coursework, he gained valuable technical and fundamental knowledge as well as a solid familiarity with the many tools that can be used to manage market risk. During his time at UNL, Owen also worked for the university feedlot, where he gained firsthand experience in feedlot management, livestock marketing and animal maintenance. He also worked in the Ruminant Nutrition Lab, where he developed an in depth understanding of commercial feed ingredients and their uses.

Owen shares the FuturesOne focus and attitude toward risk management. His goal is to assist producers by providing accurate market analysis, well timed entry and exit strategies and reliable advice. He is confident that this combination of activities will allow him to assist producers in making marketing decisions that will maximize reward and minimize risk.

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Lon Malmkar

Risk Management Consultant
Licensed Commodity Futures & Options Broker

Lon is currently a registered futures broker and risk management consultant with FuturesOne. Before joining FuturesOne, Lon spent 18 years managing all phases of production in the hog confinement industry. Since 1972, Lon has taken an active role in genetic and nutrition research in the livestock industry. In addition to this, Lon has been involved in livestock marketing for more than 35 years and has been an active futures trader since 1995.

Lon grew up on a hog and cattle operation in southwest Nebraska, near Imperial. He was an Angus seedstock producer near Callaway, Nebraska until 1989. Since high school, Lon has always had a passion for research and analysis, which he used continuously in the genetic and nutrition areas of his cattle and hog operations. Having studied cycles for many years, technical analysis was a natural fit for Lon when he began trading the futures market in 1995. Technical analysis strategies such as cycles, trend lines, Elliot wave and chart patterns have become Lon’s passion. Lon will leave no stone unturned when it comes to market research and technical analysis.

Lon continually strives for a higher level of knowledge and skill in market analysis and trading strategies. Lon’s goal is to assist producers and clients in making well-timed, profitable market decisions. Lon always demands excellence of himself in every project he pursues. He looks forward to putting his skills to work for you.

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Kent Rogert

Risk Management Consultant
 Licensed Commodity Futures & Options Broker

Kent Rogert was born in Blair, Nebraska and raised on a farm 7 miles west of Herman. He graduated from Tekamah-Herman High School in 1991, was awarded the Nebraska Board of Regents Scholarship and moved to Lincoln to attend the University of Nebraska. He graduated in 1995 with a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Sciences, with an emphasis in Ag Economics.

After college, Kent worked for Greenwood Coop and Cenex/Land ‘O Lakes for two years as a Crop Productions Specialist and for American Cyanamid for two years as a sales representative. In 1999, he moved to Omaha to work as a District Sales Manager for Garst Seed Company. In early 2005, he decided to leave Garst to start his own multi-faceted farm business consulting firm. His company, Rogert Ag & Real Estate, Inc., offers clients risk management and grain marketing services through FuturesOne of Lincoln, NE, crop insurance through Curt Ray Insurance in Tekamah, and Garst seed.

Kent currently sits as the elected representative from District 16 in the Nebraska State Legislature.

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Matt Wiegand

Risk Management Consultant
Licensed Commodity Futures & Options Broker

Matt became part of the FuturesOne team in 2008. Matt came to FuturesOne after working on ethanol initiatives in both the private and public sector: this work was done following the completion of an MBA with Agribusiness specialization from the University of Nebraska in Lincoln. While at the University, Matt studied agricultural markets extensively, and was named Agribusiness Student of the Year by the advisors of the MBA-Ag program.

Matt is originally from the Harbine, Nebraska area in rural Jefferson County. His involvement with agriculture stretches back many years. He was very active in 4-H and FFA as a youth, and remains an active volunteer for the Nebraska FFA, serving as a judge at the State Convention.

Matt is excited to be part of the FuturesOne team and is looking forward to working with Customers, helping them to mitigate risk and develop marketing plans to enhance their operations in this very challenging and volatile time.

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Michael Hack

Risk Management Consultant
Licensed Commodity Futures and Options Broker

Mike is a valuable member of the FuturesOne team. His focus is livestock and grain operations, working alongside them as part of their business, as their risk manager. He knows and understands the customer because he himself grew up on the family grain and livestock farm in western Illinois and was involved in production for over 20 years, before becoming a full-time marketing specialist.

Mike has worked in many different segments of the livestock and grain industries. His experience is vast with crop and cattle operations. He fully believes in common sense economics which focuses on locking in consistent profits every year. He wants customers to always look at margins and not just a high or low price because positive margins are what make businesses successful. Mike’s greatest production experience has been working with large-scale swine operations. He understands how to run a big business and believes everyone should have a good, economically responsible plan.

Mike holds an Agricultural Management degree, received in 1979, which set the tone for his focus toward well-run farm and livestock businesses. During college he was very active on the livestock judging team and enjoyed meeting and working alongside people from all over the Midwest. Mike believes his work with industry leaders in the areas of production, economics, and marketing are what make him valuable to his customers and what attracted him to FuturesOne.

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Amos Davis

Risk Management Consultant
Licensed Commodity Futures and Options Broker

Amos began working with FuturesOne in 2009 as a Futures Broker and Risk Management Consultant. Before joining FuturesOne, Amos worked at grain elevators in southwest and northeast Nebraska. He handled accounts for grain producers as well as end users, allowing him to gain a firm knowledge of basis levels, market carry, and farm direct marketing. Amos enjoys teaching customers market basics so they are able to better understand the benefits of risk management and having a plan for their individual operation.

Amos grew up on a ranch in north central Nebraska and graduated from Chadron State College with a degree in Business Finance.

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Art Liming

CTA
Licensed Commodity Futures & Options Broker

Art started in the futures industry directly after graduating from college in 1984. In that time he has worked in and developed an in-depth knowledge of many segments of the business. He worked in the research department of the world's largest non-bank FCM as a livestock analyst on the trading floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. He has managed funds as a professional Commodity Trading Advisor and developed technical trading systems. Overall, he has continually focused on servicing clients in this fast paced, challenging field.

As a 20-year veteran of the futures industry, Art will tell you that the three most important things in trading and farm risk management are discipline, discipline, and discipline.

That is the main message Art wants clients to understand: just how important the disciplined execution of a well thought out strategy is in risk management and futures trading. Nobody knows for sure exactly what a given market will do next. Having a plan of attack will allow you to successfully cope with the uncertainty that is an inherent part of trading, hedging, or investing. The world's most consistent investors and traders don't have any inside information and don't know what will happen next. Their "secret weapon" is that they have survived their mistakes long enough to develop a good clear common sense trading plan and they know they have a chance for success in the long run if they can develop the discipline to stick to their plan. This disciplined approach to the markets and risk management is what led Art to become a Risk Management Consultant with FuturesOne.

As a registered Commodity Trading Advisor (CTA), Art is the editor and publisher of Momentum Trader, a commodity-trading newsletter. Momentum Trader is published each trading day. It contains commentary on each of the 31 markets covered and specific instructions (buy, sell, change stop, etc.) for each market as needed. It keeps a running total of the current trades, as well as a history of the month's closed trades.

Momentum Trader is a way of looking at the markets and consistently taking trades in the direction the market has been moving. It captures the momentum swings in each market. Art looks at the daily trend and trades when the market moves in that direction or when it stops moving against it. He gets out when the trade quits going with the trend for a time or moves significantly against it. Please contact Art for a FREE TRIAL of this insightful newsletter.

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Ken McMeekin

Risk Management Consultant
 Licensed Commodity Futures & Options Broker

Ken McMeekin grew up in rural east central Nebraska learning about agriculture and the importance of hard work and honesty. He attended the University of Nebraska in Lincoln where he received his Bachelor of Science degree in Agribusiness. After graduation in 1994, Ken started his career with Minnesota Corn Processors in Columbus as a grain merchandiser. Ken’s training and experience helped him develop his extensive knowledge in grain merchandising as well as the intricacies of hedging with the futures market.

In November of 2002, Ken joined FuturesOne and also created Husker Trading along side Larry Taylor. Ken continues to monitor the local cash markets as part of his duties with Husker Trading and their valuable relationships. He utilizes his knowledge and tools from FuturesOne to provide quality brokerage services and risk management services to clients.

Ken uses his experience in the grain industry, and knowledge of the local grain markets to help manage the price risk of his clients. He believes in a solid diversified marketing plan along with the importance for producers to treat their farming operations as businesses with valuable inventories, inventories that need to be viewed as money. Outlining all the items that capture and take away money from a farming operation as part of a disciplined plan is what Ken believes will lead to the long-term success of producers, plus give them the peace of mind of knowing where they stand financially throughout the year.

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Larry Taylor

Risk Management Consultant
Licensed Commodity Futures & Options Broker

Larry Taylor serves as the Branch Manager for the Columbus, Nebraska office of FuturesOne as well as a Managing Partner of Husker Trading. Larry has been in this capacity since November of 2002. Prior to this, for 8 years, Larry was a grain merchandiser for Minnesota Corn Processors in Columbus, now ADM. Larry also had 3 years experience in the grain industry prior to beginning with MCP, working at both Farmland and Harvest States.

Honesty, hard work and respect are the lifelong values that were engrained into his work ethic growing up in east central Nebraska. Prior to his grain merchandising career, Larry graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Agricultural Economics from Kearney State University (now, University of Nebraska at Kearney).

Larry is always on top of the latest market news and basis trends in Nebraska and the western Corn Belt. Larry’s vast experience in the grain industry has given him a sound background to service customers. He can help tailor programs for individual producers by setting game plans that will add more structure and sophistication to the way they sell their grain and protect their farm revenue.

Larry has a unique way of making producers feel comfortable, confident and knowledgeable in the risk management programs we design for them and the philosophy with which we execute those programs. Larry believes his job is to help take some of the stress and complication out of marketing and set up a good simple plan for producers. In this way, he does his best to help secure good farm revenue each and every year for the producer.

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Trevor Luchsinger

Risk Management Consultant
Licensed Commodity Futures & Options Broker

Trevor attended the University of Nebraska at Omaha, where he graduated receiving a degree majoring in Business Administration specializing in Management while also receiving a Minor in Marketing.

Trevor grew up on a farm northeast of Columbus. There, Trevor was exposed to farming’s daily operations working with his dad and uncle. Being involved in farming his entire life has allowed Trevor to fully understand the markets and this allows him to really help producers jump on opportunities in the market.

Trevor’s goal is to help customers market their grain to the best of his abilities by putting together a management plan that they are comfortable with and that maximize their profits. By working with and helping market the producer’s product, Trevor works to help relieve at least some of the stress that he knows takes place in every farmer’s life.

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John I. Van Meter

Risk Management Consultant
Licensed Commodity Futures & Options Broker

Growing up in western Iowa, where his family farms and operates a custom cattle-feeding operation, John has first hand knowledge in the commodity markets. His family has been actively using the futures markets as a hedging and speculative tool since the early 1960's. John's father was also a commodity broker, influencing him to follow a career in the futures industry.

John received a Bachelor's degree from Iowa State University in Agricultural Business with an emphasis in finance. Upon graduation, John participated in the Chicago Mercantile Exchange's exclusive Agricultural Broker Training Program. This provided him with experience working on the floor at the CME. The program also provided education in fundamental and technical analysis, hedging and the cash markets. These advanced techniques using both futures and options are a keystone of his daily client interaction.

John has been working with many hedgers delivering fundamental insight, but has also dedicated much focus to the technical side of the markets. He has developed trading systems and assisted customers in executing the trading signals of various software manufacturers. John has co-authored technical hot lines and several trading systems.

Moving to a major clearing firm in 1998, at the suggestion of his colleague, David Fiala, prompted an introduction of a large number of speculators onto his account rolls, while being a recommended broker to trading superstar Larry Williams. In fact, John has executed trades for and followed the trading plans of many of today's most famous trading "gurus" and system developers. Though this, John gained great insight into what the individual speculator needs in order to succeed in the increasingly complex and time sensitive market place. John found that many of the techniques used to manage risk for producers have direct application with the speculative market.

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