Cory Bratland
cory@redfieldagmarketing.com
Phone: 605-472-1446

Biography
Cory Bratland is the youngest of 5 children who all grew up on the family farm near Willow Lake, SD. Cory still actively participates in the family farm that raises corn, soybeans, wheat and also runs a cow/calf operation.

Cory started working in the Ag Business industry for Cargill, Inc. in 1996. In 1999, he became a local grain merchandiser for Cargill, Inc. at the Vienna, SD location. He worked for Cargill, Inc. for 12 years before working for Redfield Investments Services, Inc. in 2008. Cory has been a Series 3 & 30 licensed commodity broker since 2003. During the spring of 2009, Cory started Redfield Ag Marketing Services, LLC and became an Al Kluis Affiliate during the fall of 2009.

Cory and his wife Erica, live near Willow Lake presently with their 2 boys, Hunter and Elliot. Besides spending time with his family, Cory is a very active outdoorsman that really enjoys bow hunting, waterfowl hunting, pheasant hunting, fishing and camping during the summer.

Biography
Alan Kluis has been a commodity advisor and broker since 1976. He is president and managing partner of Kluis Commodities in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Previously, he founded Northstar Commodities in 1991, and sold it in 2001, remaining with the new owners until 2006. Alan is one of two approved Cargill Pro-Pricing Grain managers and is an introducing broker with Rosenthal Collins Group.

Alan is also a writer. He was an expert columnist for Corn and Soybean Digest for 13 years; the magazine featured his Marketing Strategies column in every issue. Now Alan writes a new column, Your Profit, for Successful Farming Magazine. Alan has published two books on commodities trading; his co-author on the first book, Loren Kruse, is now Editor-in-Chief of Successful Farming magazine. Alan is commonly quoted in major publications including the Wall Street Journal, and is a featured speaker at commodity conferences nationwide. He is a frequent market analyst for the Linder Farm Radio News Network. Alan was co-author of the weekly AgInvestor Newsletter for 12 years, and is now the author of his new weekly commodity advisory newsletter, The Al Kluis Report.

Alan, a Minnesota farmboy, was awarded his degree in Ag Economics from the University of Minnesota in 1974, after which he was executive director of the Minnesota Soybean Association before entering the markets full-time. Alan still owns a farm in southwest Minnesota and enjoys helping with fieldwork when the markets allow.