Randy is the Grain Division Manager for the Pacific Northwest Farmers Cooperative. He grew up on the family’s wheat farm outside of Page, ND and has been in the grain industry since 1984. He worked for many different types of agricultural companies from a small local co-op in North Dakota to large conglomerates in the Pacific Northwest. Randy served on the Idaho Cooperative Council, WSU Variety Release Committee, and Pacific Northwest Grain and Feed Association.
For decades, the focus of Randy’s career has been to help bring profit to growers as well as bring quality grains to the end users such as millers and exporters. He thinks the Wheat Marketing Center (WMC) has played an integral role in this process and feels their scientific data identifies qualities of specific wheat varieties in relation to the qualities the end users desire for their consumers. In addition, Randy thinks WMC provides an invaluable tool in helping the world’s millers and processors determine ways to enhance their own products.