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Meet Our Team

Clayton Pope Commodities consists of a group of seasoned professionals with expertise in cash grain merchandising, futures and options trading, ag education, crop insurance, and overall risk management experience. 

 

This is an opportunity to work directly with an experienced professional on a ONE ON ONE basis, at affordable rates due to the extremely low overhead with which we operate. 

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Clayton Pope

Based in Champaign, IL​

clayton@claytonpopecommodities.com

217-351-7711

Clayton brings decades of experience across some of the most respected names in agricultural risk management. From leading corn risk management for Cargill's CAMS program to serving as Managing Director of AgriVisor under Illinois Farm Bureau and GROWMARK, his career has been defined by helping producers navigate complex markets. He also traded on the floor of the CBOT corn pit and spent his early years teaching grain elevators how to hedge their risk. That depth of experience is woven into everything CPC does.

  • Head Risk Manager (for Corn exposure) for Cargill's CAMS farm consulting program

  • Managing Director of AgriVisor (Illinois Farm Bureau and GROWMARK)

  • Traded on the floor of the CBOT corn pit

  • Schooled, trained, and experienced as a CPA

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Taylor Pope

Based in St. Louis, MO​

taylor@claytonpopecommodities.com

314-440-4120

Taylor came into the commodity business from the screen side, not the pit. While most in the industry learned to trade in the era of open outcry, Taylor built his career in the modern, algorithm driven market environment. That background gives him a unique perspective on how today's markets actually function and what it takes to manage risk in them. But trading knowledge alone isn't enough. Taylor grew up around agriculture, understands the cash market, rides in combines every fall, and knows the day to day pressures producers face. That combination of modern market expertise and real agricultural understanding is rare in this industry, and it's the foundation of how CPC operates

  • Decade + of commodity trading and brokerage services

  • Decade + in cash grain analysis and advisory. Licensed and active commodity broker.

  • Purdue University alum

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Associated Persons and Branch Offices

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Robert Buckles

Based in Charlotte, North Carolina

Email

704-718-2336

 

  • 20+ years of experience as cotton merchant with Cargill Cotton

  • Licensed and active crop insurance agent

  • Years of cash grain risk management experience

  • Strong focus on breakeven analysis

  • Licensed and active commodity broker

  • BS in Psychology from Harding University

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Kayla Roy​

Based in East Central Illinois

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Email

217-369-7491

 

  • Over 6 years of experience in cash grain merchandising and the seed industry

  • Recipient of numerous performance awards from previous large agribusiness employers

  • Authored publication on “Analysis of Risk Management Tools Utilized by Farmers”

  • Licensed and active commodity broker

  • Strong focus on details and communicating with clients

  • BS in Agribusiness Economics from Southern Illinois University and Masters in Agribusiness from Illinois State University

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Logan Hartwig

Based in Memphis, Tennessee

Email

901-859-9607

 

  • Grew up on a Rice and Soybean farm in NE Arkansas

  • 10 years of cash grain experience

  • Strong Focus on breakeven analysis

  • Licensed and active commodity broker

  • Licensed and active crop insurance agent

  • BS in Agricultural Business from Arkansas State University

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Jamie Christensen

Based in Sioux City, Iowa

Email

712-898-1294

 

  • 20+ years of experience in cash grain risk management and trading experience

  • Years of experience in advising and merchandising for large commercial grain processing facilities

  • Strong focus on breakeven analysis and financial modeling

  • Licensed and active commodity broker

  • Owner of Commodity Consulting Services (www.mkccs.com)

  • BS in Business Finance and MBA

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Sally Buckles

Based in Charlotte, North Carolina

Grain Marketing Coordinator

Email

704-860-9404

  • Bachelor's Degree in Journalism from UNC Chapel Hill

  • 4 years experience merchandising cotton

  • Works with clients facilitating software adoption and contract management

Strong Local Roots, Wide Market Reach

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Commodity Broker and Marketing Advisor

Champaign, Illinois

217-351-7711

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Charlotte, North Carolina

704-718-2336

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St. Louis, Missouri

314-440-4120

Commodity Broker and Marketing Advisor

Carbondale, IL

217-396-7491

Commodity Broker and Marketing Advisor

Sioux City, Iowa

712-898-1294

Commodity Broker and Marketing Advisor

West Memphis, Arkansas

901-859-9607

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Champaign, IL, United States, Illinois 61820

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