

Hunt, he played eight seasons as a third basemen in the Major League Baseball system for the New York Mets, Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays. He has extensive experience in logistics, supply chain, freight, transportation management and fleet management. Prior to being named Vice President, he served as the Director of Ag Services and the General Manager of Ag Services. Rodney Nye is the Senior Vice President of Business Development – Dedicated Contract Services for J.B.

Prior to this consulting venture, Kerns directed risk management activities for industry leaders such as ADM, Premium Standard Farms, Continental Grain and Iowa Select Farms. Team members have also served as keynote speakers for international agricultural agencies and suppliers, providing context about commodity markets, nutritional factors impacting production, and operational sustainability, leadership and ownership.

Clients include packers, producers, veterinarians, researchers, mill operators and feed ingredient suppliers. In his current enterprise as a risk management consultant, Kerns and his team work with livestock producers and suppliers in 13 states. Kerns and his team assist clients with procurement and risk management activities related to hedging, ingredient purchase, optimizing relationships with mills, developing programs to assist in feed quality control, cost effective diet formulation, operational benchmarking, livestock marketing, generational transition and business development. Joseph Kerns, President of Kerns and Associates, has 25 years’ experience working with producers, suppliers and mills to support agricultural operations. Jones and her husband, Spencer, have three children, Ty, Hayden, and Hadley, and raise Angus cattle near Wamego. Jones is formally trained as an applied swine nutritionist. Jones is originally from Beulah, N.D., where her family raised Rambouillet sheep. Jones' research efforts include evaluating the effects of ingredients or feed processing technologies on feed safety and animal nutrition. Jones teaches ASI 561: Undergraduate Research in Animal Sciences & Industry and ASI 318: Fundamentals of Nutrition. Jones coordinates undergraduate students interested in research projects across disciplines and species. Cassandra (Cassie) Jones is the Undergraduate Research Coordinator in the Department of Animal Sciences & Industry at Kansas State University. Hwang graduated from the University of Michigan with degrees in Economics and Marketing Communications, and has an MBA from University of California at Irvine.ĭr. Prior to that he worked with APL, Sea-land, CSX and EVA Air. Most recently, he worked for Hyundai Merchant Marine where he managed import and export sales for its Pacific Southwest and Gulf region. Hwang spent over 25 years in international logistics on both the shipper and provider sides. Prior to joining the Port of Oakland, Mr. He leads a team of five individuals responsible for the Seaport’s Marketing, Business Development and Customer Relations functions. He and his wife Cathy have three grown children and ten grandchildren.Īndrew Hwang serves as the Manager of Maritime Business Development and International Marketing at the Port of Oakland. He received his Bachelors of Science Degree in Agricultural Economics from Purdue University and his Master’s Degree from Cornell University. Brock grew up on the family grain and pork farm in central Indiana.

and is an advisor on purchasing strategies for many large poultry, pork, dairy and food companies. His firm, based in Milwaukee, WI, now has eight offices, manages grain sales on over 800,000 acres throughout the U.S. Richard Brock is owner and president of Brock Associates, an agricultural marketing advisory service and publisher of The Brock Report, established in 1980.
