Agripreneur Podcast

John Pfanner’s interest in the agriculture industry initially began during childhood while working on his family’s farm raising row crops such as corn, beans, and wheat as well as hogs, cattle, and sheep. After graduating high school, he attended the University of Missouri to obtain a degree in Agriculture Business Management and Ag Economy. In 2005, he began working with DeBruce Grain - currently known as Gavilon. In 2017, he began working with Tredas in the commodity brokerage and consulting fields. John Lenhart grew up in the small town of Bethany, Missouri. After graduating from the University of Missouri in 2008, he also began working with DeBruce Grain. In 2016, he began working with Tredas. Pfanner and Lenhart join me today to discuss transportation and market fluctuations within the agriculture commodity trading industry. They discuss how the thought process regarding transparency has evolved throughout the industry, how social media has impacted this evolution, and how crop market exposure fluctuates