Description
Buy corn, soybeans, wheat, and other grains from producers and intermediaries for processing or resale. Negotiate contracts, assess quality and grades, manage transportation and storage, track markets and pricing, and ensure compliance with industry and regulatory standards.
- • Purchase corn, soybeans, wheat, and other grains for processing or resale.
- • Negotiate spot, forward, and basis contracts with growers, elevators, and brokers.
- • Review demand and orders to determine required grain types, grades, and volumes.
- • Inspect and grade grain; test moisture, test weight, foreign material, and damage.
- • Arrange transportation and storage, coordinating trucks, rail, barge, and elevator space.
- • Schedule deliveries to processors, feed mills, crushers, ethanol plants, or export terminals.
- • Maintain contracts, transactions, and inventory records; submit required reports.
- • Track markets to set bids and manage pricing and hedging within policy.
- • Coordinate with elevator and logistics staff on receiving, blending, conditioning, and shipping.
- • Ensure compliance with USDA/FGIS standards and applicable program quotas or limits.
- • Monitor crop progress and yield outlooks to plan procurement.
- • Build producer relationships; advise on quality specs, delivery windows, and contract terms.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
