Loewen & Associates

What Loewen & Associates does

Loewen & Associates, Inc. is a privately held agricultural commodity brokerage and consulting firm headquartered in Manhattan, Kansas. Founded in 2006 by Pete Loewen, the firm operates as a CFTC-registered Introducing Broker providing execution and advisory services to agricultural producers and commercial grain, livestock, and processing participants across the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The team comprises four CFTC-registered commodity brokers — Pete Loewen, Matt Hines, Doug Biswell, and Tyson Loewen — collectively carrying 80+ years of agricultural commodity experience, with the firm acting as a Guaranteed Introducing Broker for Marex Capital Markets for clearing and counterparty services.

The firm's offering is structured around three service pillars: Producer Consulting (risk-management and hedging strategy development for farmers and ranchers), Commercial Consulting (procurement, merchandising, and risk guidance for elevators, feedlots, millers, and end users), and Commodity Trading (futures and options execution on behalf of clients). Operations are conducted on a manual, relationship-led basis via phone, email, and fax — there is no proprietary trading platform, customer-facing technology stack, or digital onboarding infrastructure described. All futures and options transactions are cleared through the firm's FCM relationship with Marex Capital Markets.

The business model is a classic introducing-broker commission structure, augmented by consulting engagements paid on a fee basis to producer and commercial clients. Customer acquisition is sales-led and referral-driven within the agricultural value chain, with no formal marketing channel, no self-service digital product, and no disclosed pricing schedule. There are no announced funding rounds, M&A transactions, or plans for institutional scaling in the available information, consistent with the firm's positioning as a boutique, broker-led advisory practice rather than a platform business.

Name

Loewen & Associates

Legal name

Loewen and Associates, Inc.

Website

https://wp.loewenassociates.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Loewen & Associates is a Kansas-based, CFTC-registered agricultural commodity brokerage and consulting firm serving producers, elevators, feedlots, millers, and end users across the United States, Canada, and Mexico through four registered brokers on a Guaranteed Introducing Broker arrangement with Marex Capital Markets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agricultural Commodity Brokerage and Marketing Consulting

NAICS

Commodity Contracts Intermediation (523160), Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage (5231)

SIC

Commodity Contracts Brokers & Dealers (6221), Security & Commodity Brokers, Dealers, Exchanges & Services (6200)

akta.pro primary industry

Derivatives & Futures Brokerage (FSAEACAL)

Keywords

• Agricultural commodity brokerage
• Grain marketing consulting
• Risk management advisory
• Futures options brokerage
• Producer marketing services

Headquarters

HQ city

Manhattan

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Commodity Brokerage Commissions: Full-service commodity futures and options brokerage through Marex Capital Markets. Earns commissions on trades executed for clients.
2. Producer Consulting Fees: One-on-one consulting services to agricultural producers providing direct marketing recommendations and education on marketing tools.
3. Commercial Consulting Fees: Risk management services to food and feed industry with individually tailored products and services. Two service levels available ranging from daily communication to full merchandising coordination. Fee: Call to design a program.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Loewen and Associates, Inc. is a Guaranteed Introducing Broker for Marex Capital Markets that provides full-service commodity futures and options brokerage alongside one-on-one agricultural marketing consulting. The firm delivers proprietary, in-house market analysis and individually designed marketing recommendations to U.S. agricultural producers and commercial grain/feed businesses via email, fax, and telephone. Core offerings include Producer Consulting, Commercial Consulting (for elevators, feedlots, millers, end users), and Commodity Trading execution.

Product overview

Loewen & Associates is a commodity brokerage and agricultural marketing consulting firm offering three distinct but complementary service lines: Producer Consulting (one-on-one marketing recommendations for agricultural producers), Commercial Consulting (risk management services for elevators, feedlots, mills, and end users), and Commodity Trading (full-service futures and options brokerage through Marex Capital Markets). The services are delivered via email, fax, and telephone with proprietary in-house analysis developed by their team of experienced brokers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Producer Consulting One-on-one consulting service for agricultural producers providing direct marketing recommendations based on current market conditions, delivered via email, fax, or telephone. Includes education on cash market tools (forward contracts, hedge-to-arrive, basis contracts), futures tools, options strategies, and risk management without speculation. Designed for individual U.S. agricultural producers.
• Commercial Consulting Risk management and market analysis services tailored for Commercial Elevator, Feedlot, Miller, or End User clients. Covers risk management, market analysis, position analysis, logistics, marketing, procurement, and strategy with two service tiers ranging from daily communication to full coordination and management of grain merchandising and logistics.
• Commodity Trading Full-service commodity futures and options brokerage offered as a Guaranteed Introducing Broker for Marex Capital Markets, providing expert analysis of agricultural markets and personalized trade execution on all U.S. exchange-traded commodities with low, full-service commissions and commercial account/volume discounts.

Quantifiable outcome

• Separation of price forecasting from marketing to maximize profitability at each sale point

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Stewart-Peterson: Independent agricultural marketing advisory firm offering producer consulting, market commentary, and risk management education for grain and livestock producers. Closely mirrors Loewen's producer consulting service line with subscription-style consulting and education-led approach.
• Brock and Associates (Producers Hedge): Independent commodity brokerage and advisory firm focused on agricultural producers and end users, offering consulting plus brokerage execution. Closely comparable niche positioning to Loewen with similar producer-focused education and risk management value proposition.
• R.J. O'Brien: Independent futures broker and introducing broker serving agricultural, energy, and financial markets with a focus on personalized service for commercial hedgers and producers. Most directly comparable business model to Loewen's GIB structure with Marex, including producer and commercial advisory.

Broad incumbents

• ED&F Man Capital Markets: Global commodities broker offering futures execution and advisory across soft commodities, grains, and sugar. Comparable in the commodity brokerage execution layer and offers agricultural producer-facing services in select markets, overlapping with Loewen's commercial client base.
• ADM Investor Services: Brokerage affiliate of ADM providing futures and options execution across agricultural and energy commodities. Comparable to Loewen as a full-service commodity introducing broker serving commercial and producer accounts, though with materially larger resources and technology.
• StoneX Group (formerly INTL FCStone): Large diversified financial services firm offering commodity brokerage, futures execution, and ag risk management globally. Directly comparable to Loewen's brokerage and consulting activities but at far greater scale, with proprietary digital platforms and institutional infrastructure.
• Country Hedging / CHS Hedging: Hedging affiliate of CHS Inc., the largest U.S. agricultural cooperative, providing commodity brokerage, consulting, and risk management to cooperative members and commercial clients. Competes with Loewen for producer and elevator relationships, especially across the Midwest grain belt.
• Cargill Risk Management: Cargill's risk management division offers commodity hedging solutions and advisory services to commercial grain, livestock, and food industry clients. Competes with Loewen's commercial consulting and brokerage lines, particularly for elevator, feedlot, and processor clients.

Emerging players

• AgResource Company: Independent agricultural research and advisory firm providing market analysis, price forecasting, and consulting to producers and commercial users. Comparable to Loewen's analytical/research-driven consulting layer, though focused more on global market intelligence than tool-by-tool education.
• Coquest (Coquest Advisors): Independent commodity brokerage and introducing broker with a producer-oriented service model, offering futures execution and ag market consulting. Comparable small-scale peer in the commodity introducing broker landscape competing for producer hedging accounts.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/LoewenAgConsult

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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