AgrisAcademy-Founders Jeff Kazin and Mike Rohlfsenwww.steinbauer.uswww.agrisacademy.comJeff:    spent 30 years in the grain trade.   Tell us some of the craziest/interesting  things you sawHTA squeeze on corn during the early days of farmers and HTA-  No illegal behavior ?Customer inspectors from buying countriesDead ratsFound in a jail in Houstona first gen farmer.     Can you describe your operation and how your day job as a merchant/trading leader impacted it.     (the tailgate comparison of cost with our local BTO and friend)Mike:    includes 20 years in the grain trade before moving to the ag start up side of the industry.Cargills first employee in Ukraine.   What type of things did you see as you arrived post communist rule.How are things now in Ukraine?not from a farming family.   What was the draw  into ag and trading?What’s something wild you saw in the US tradeStill wild today? Jeff& Mike          What was the trade/series of trades you made the most money?Agris AcademyJeff and Mike founded AgrisAcademy.   We have hundreds of brokers/advisors serving the ag industry.   You make it clear your business is neither broker or advisor.You focus on educationWHY?  “You cant win”“We see millions of dollars that should go from the market to farmersStory-  SE corn farmer“the buyer/bully”     Story of harvesting late corn in MNClients scattered across the US corn belt.    Is there one thing in common they could do to improve their merchandising and marketing?AgrisAcademy has three different practices.Producer, industry partners, commercialBanks -Seed companies - Peanut crushers- other consumersJeff:   You guys are putting on a Masters Class in merchandising and risk management  this fall.   Why?Comment from young lady post speaking engagement-  “They don’t want to teach us these skills”No platform available to learn at this levelAbility to share information to a broader group than our retained clientsCan you describe the Masters Class10 weeks / 2x per week/ 2 hours instruction + 1 hr open interaction  40hours +, evening live class starting December, Office hours for 1-1 instruction, Recorded classes if unable to attendHow does a producer sign up for the class?    How are you going to handle the amount of time needed?Limit class size -Interactive teaching with live QA -Scheduled office hoursHow can someone connect if they are an industry partner or a commercial looking for help?Website / emailMicro consultingIf you could go back to yourself at age 18 – what advice would you give?Summary/Closing