Producers' Hedge, LLC

What Producers' Hedge, LLC does

Producers' Hedge, LLC is a privately held, Midwest-based risk management and advisory firm serving agricultural producers, headquartered in Leland, Illinois with branch offices in Conrad, Iowa and Oakland, Nebraska. Founded by Andy Wold, the firm operates as an NFA-registered Introducing Broker and licensed Multi-peril Crop Insurance Agency, offering an integrated suite of services spanning personalized grain marketing plans, futures and options brokerage, farm merchandising (branded as 'Edge Up Programs'), OTC and spread strategy execution, and multi-peril crop insurance. The company positions itself as an independent, unbiased advisor not affiliated with any grain buyer, targeting grain farmers who need assistance managing basis risk, storage economics, break-even analysis, and emotional decision-making around cash grain sales.

The business derives revenue from three streams: consulting fees for personal grain marketing plans (advisory to fully managed), transaction and brokerage commissions on futures, options, OTC, and spread strategies executed through its Introducing Broker registration, and commissions on multi-peril crop insurance placements. Each of the three licensed Series 3 commodity brokers — Andy Wold (Leland), Tommy Kuhl (Conrad), and Greg Mockenhaupt (Oakland) — runs a regional book, giving the firm a decentralized, relationship-led distribution model with physical proximity to clients across the core Midwest grain belt. Total headcount is small (1-10 employees), with the three brokers serving as both account managers and operational leads.

Go-to-market is sales-led and direct: consultative, in-person engagements that pair a marketing plan with brokerage execution and, where appropriate, crop insurance. The firm relies primarily on its website (producershedge.com) and personal networks rather than paid digital marketing. No funding events, institutional investors, or parent entities are disclosed; ownership is founder-controlled by Andy Wold, and pricing for advisory and brokerage services is quote-based and not publicly listed.

Name

Producers' Hedge, LLC

Legal name

Producers' Hedge, LLC

Website

https://producershedge.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Producers' Hedge, LLC is a Midwest-based, NFA-registered Introducing Broker and Multi-peril Crop Insurance Agency that provides grain marketing consulting, commodity brokerage, and crop insurance to row-crop farmers across Illinois, Iowa, and Nebraska.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agricultural Risk Management

NAICS

Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities (523)

SIC

Commodity Contracts Brokers & Dealers (6221)

akta.pro primary industry

Hedge Funds — Agricultural Softs Trading (FSAHAHAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Supply Chain, Marketing & Contracting Advisory (Grain/Livestock Marketing) (AFACAJAH), Hedge Funds — Commodity & Volatility Multi-Strategy (FSAHAHAL)

Keywords

• Agricultural risk management
• Grain marketing
• Commodity brokerage
• Crop insurance
• Futures hedging

Headquarters

HQ city

Leland

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Grain Marketing Consulting: Independent, unbiased consulting services for grain marketing plans. Offers personal grain marketing plans tailored to individual farm operations, ranging from advisory support to fully managed grain marketing services.
2. Commodity Brokerage: Introducing Broker services for futures and options trading. Works with clients on hedging strategies using futures, options, OTC, and spread strategies. Provides brokerage services for protecting storage facility investments.
3. Crop Insurance: Licensed Multi-peril Crop Insurance Agency providing crop insurance products integrated with grain marketing and brokerage services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Producers' Hedge, LLC is an NFA registered Introducing Broker and licensed Multi-peril Crop Insurance Agency that delivers independent grain marketing consulting, futures and options brokerage, merchandising services, and crop insurance products to agricultural producers. The firm builds personalized grain marketing plans that combine advisory support, hedging strategies (futures, options, OTC, spread strategies), and insurance to help farmers manage market volatility, basis risk, and storage decisions.

Product overview

Producers' Hedge, LLC is a risk management services firm for agricultural producers, offering an integrated suite of services including Personal Grain Marketing Plans, Commodity Brokerage (as an NFA registered Introducing Broker), Merchandising Services, and Crop Insurance Agency services. The company provides independent, unbiased consulting to help farmers develop comprehensive risk management strategies combining grain marketing, brokerage (futures, options, OTC, spread strategies), and crop insurance. Their 'Edge Up' Programs represent a key branded service offering for competitive grain marketing.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Personal Grain Marketing Plans Independent and unbiased grain marketing consulting service offering personalized plans to help agricultural producers sell cash grain, manage emotional decision-making, understand basis, storage, spreads, and break-evens, and develop disciplined marketing strategies.
• Commodity Brokerage NFA registered Introducing Broker service offering futures and options strategies, OTC instruments, and spread strategies designed to protect investments in storage facilities, available to clients ranging from new to seasoned traders.
• Merchandising Services Commercial hedging and merchandising services for grain origination, position building, and effective merchandising of grain positions, drawing on commercial grain company experience.
• Crop Insurance Agency Licensed Multi-peril Crop Insurance Agency offering crop insurance products delivered in conjunction with grain marketing and brokerage plans.
• Edge Up Farm Merchandising Programs Branded 'Edge Up' farm merchandising programs designed to give agricultural producers tools and resources to better market their production and gain competitive advantage.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Hurley & Associates: Independent grain marketing and risk management advisory firm serving US producers with marketing plans, brokerage execution, and crop insurance. Closely comparable independent-advisor peer serving the same producer segment.
• Advance Trading, Inc. Independent grain marketing and risk management advisory serving US corn and soybean producers. Closest like-for-like peer: NFA-registered commodity broker offering grain marketing plans, hedging strategies, and crop insurance in the Midwest.
• White Commercial Corp. Independent grain merchandising and brokerage firm providing hedging and marketing services to US producers. Comparable business model as an NFA-registered introducing broker focused on farmer risk management rather than grain ownership.
• Ag Resource Company: Ag commodity research and brokerage firm providing market analysis, futures execution, and grain marketing advice to US farmers and elevators. Comparable as a commodity broker serving producer risk-management needs.
• Grain Marketing Plus: Independent grain marketing advisory firm working with Midwestern producers on basis, futures, and options strategies. Direct peer offering the same type of consultative, fee-based grain marketing services as Producers' Hedge.

Regional players

• Farm Credit Services of America: Farm Credit System lender serving farmers across Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming. Not a direct broker, but a regional player that bundles financial, insurance, and risk-management services into its producer relationships and competes for the same wallet share.

Broad incumbents

• CHS Inc. US farmer-owned cooperative that originates grain and offers hedging, brokerage, and crop insurance to member-owners. Competes with Producers' Hedge in the Midwest by offering integrated services through a captive retail network.
• Cargill: One of the largest global grain merchandisers with embedded brokerage, risk management, and crop insurance capabilities. Competes with Producers' Hedge at the producer interface but as part of a much broader vertically integrated agribusiness.
• ADM (Archer Daniels Midland): Global agribusiness that originates grain and offers producer risk-management services including hedging and crop inputs. A broad incumbent whose grain origination arm competes for producer relationships Producers' Hedge serves.
• Bunge: Major global grain and oilseed processor with US grain origination and farmer risk-management offerings. Competes indirectly with Producers' Hedge by bundling marketing services with grain purchase contracts.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/producershedge

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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