Our Brokerage Team

Hainline / Strubhar / Herrick / Harroun / Durako / Zeedyk Team

A University of Illinois graduate in Agricultural Economics, Joe has a strong background in commodity marketing and analysis. He received his Management Information Systems Certificate from the University of Minnesota in 1989. Prior to joining ATI, Joe worked for Cargill from 1984 to 2001, holding multiple positions in market analysis and management. He came to ATI in 2001 as the Director of Research and performed fundamental supply and demand market analysis for the grain, oilseed complex and biofuel markets. In 2008, Joe started a new commercial hedging and risk management service combining grain warehousemen, biodiesel and ethanol manufacturers and biofuel transportation and end-user companies. He provides futures, options, and swap and cash brokerage services to warehousemen, ethanol plants, large integrated U.S. energy producers and aggregators of ethanol. He also provides consulting services in agriculture and biofuel markets, recently completing feedstock pricing studies for generation 2 biofuel feedstocks. An active member of the community, Joe is a member of the American Oil Chemist Association, Aircraft Owners and Pilot Association and Experimental Aircraft Association.