Guy commenced serving as the Senior Economist for the International Grain Program Institute at Kansas State University in the spring of 2019. In this role, he facilitates programs on marketing, supply chains and risk management of agricultural commodities.
 
Guy's extensive career in grains and commodities spans three continents; North America, Australia, Asia and China. He has vast experience in commodity trading and risk management, supply chain logistics and commodity analysis; as well as new business development. He also maintains interests in grain production and farming activities in both Australia and the U.S.
 
Guy began his career in grain in 1986 at the local country elevator, Taloma Farmers. In 1988 Guy commenced work with Louis Dreyfus Commodities in Pekin, Illinois, located on the Illinois-Mississippi River system. From there he expanded his experience with trading and operational responsibilities while at locations across the Midwest in Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska; as well as in Australia and China.
 
While in Australia, Guy went on in 1995 to establish the grain trading division for GrainCorp Operations Ltd., in Sydney when Australia’s domestic market deregulation began, and over a seven year period grew that business to maturity.
 
In 2002 he served as a Founding Director of Advance Trading AustralAsia, a leading risk management advisor to producers, commercial traders, consumers and end users.
 
Guy has worked closely with large and small grain consumers and end-users, where he developed risk management, raw material procurement and pricing strategies across Australia and New Zealand. This included implementing new commodity accounting and logistical systems.
 
During his time in Australia, Guy was a key player in the establishment of Australia’s Trade Rules and Dispute Resolution Rules and is an experienced GTA (Grain Trade Australia) Arbitrator. He is also a Licensed Futures Broker (AFSL) and holds Bachelor of Science in Agriculture from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana.
 
Guy has trained and mentored many of the industry population and is a committed advocate for lifting the industry's professional standards. His "grassroots" foundation in agriculture and his diverse international experience ensures that Guy brings unique perspectives and skills to the industry.
 

Don Day Jr. is president and chief meteorologist of DayWeather, Inc.
 
For over 25 years, Don and his DayWeather meteorologists have provided customized broadcast weather services to over 70 radio stations across Wyoming, Colorado and Nebraska with emphasis on the rural/ag listener.
 
Day also specializes in weather forecasting and analysis for stratospheric aviation with emphasis on lighter than air vehicles (stratospheric balloons, airships, and very high-altitude experiments).
 
Don was the chief meteorologist for Felix Baumgartner's record and groundbreaking Red Bull Stratos Stratospheric sky dive in 2012 and also was chief meteorologist for Google's Alan Eustace stratospheric jump in 2014 (Stratex). Don has been featured in the documentaries "Mission to the Edge of Space - Red Bull Stratos" 2013 and "14 Minutes to Earth" (2016). Don was also the lead weather adviser for skydiver Luke Aikins' "Heaven Sent - No Parachute Jump" Fox Network 2016. 
 
DayWeather also provides long range and seasonal weather forecasts for agriculture and other private industries with an emphasis on long-term and known historic trends in ocean temperature and ocean circulation changes.
 
Don utilizes “analog forecast” principles which are more weighted to past observed weather events/patterns as opposed to computer modeling. Day believes the key to accurate long range forecasts are combination of identifying past weather patterns and comparing those patterns forecast by modern computer modeling. 
 
He is an avid hunter, fisherman and hot air balloon pilot.

Carl Dickinson is the President/CEO of Central Valley Ag (CVA). He has served in management cooperative positions for over 25 years, beginning as the Feed Division Manager and Assistant GM at Battle Creek Farmers Coop in Battle Creek, NE. From there he became the GM of Mid-Missouri Coop in Concordia, MO and then the CEO of Country Pride Coop in Winner, SD. In 2009, Carl was named CEO of United Farmers Coop in York, NE which unified with Central Valley Ag in 2014. Further unifications with FCC in Hinton, IA and Farmway Cooperative in Beloit, KS followed.
 
In addition to serving as President/CEO of CVA, Carl also serves on the Land O’ Lakes Executive Council, the Nebraska Cooperative Managers Association and is Vice-Chairman of the Coop 401K Board.
 
Carl grew up in Marquette, NE on a hog farm. He and his wife Dawn have two grown daughters, Cassie and Alexandra. His hobbies include hunting, music, golf and fishing.