Dewayne Bloem - Director, Agri Businessman
Dewayne was born and raised on a grain and livestock farm southeast of Des Moines, Iowa. His entire career has been spent in the agricultural business.
Dewayne became General Manager of a full-service cooperative in northern Iowa at the age of 24. His energy and drive to provide quality products and services to area producers paid off with significant growth in volume and facilities to serve those producers over the next 19 years. He was an innovator in grain marketing as he introduced new marketing programs that assisted farmers in increasing their income.
Land O’Lakes recruited Dewayne to acquire and operate grain and farm supply businesses in the Upper Midwest. Dewayne employed approximately 200 people and utilized $60 million of capital in the operation of this Midwestern division for over a decade.
Dewayne’s next decade involved business development for AGP Grain Group. He was the lead person in the acquisitions of grain elevators and agronomy plants and the formation of joint ventures with Midwest elevators. The feasibility studies for expansions, developed by Dewayne, ranged from $100,000 to $15,000,000. He was also the coordinator of the grain group’s strategic planning and quarterly business reviews.
Since 2007, Dewayne has worked as an independent contractor assisting ag-related businesses in a variety of projects:
- strategic long-range planning
- merger studies
- market analysis
- centralization of trucking transportation
- feasibility studies and development of business plan for major facilities, including greenfield train-loading elevators and mega fertilizer plants
- independent evaluation of potential acquisition
- assistance in strategic direction and business planning of start-up company
Dewayne has been involved in industry associations at the state and national level, including: Chairman of the National Grain and Feed Trade Rules Committee, member of the National Grain and Feed Executive Committee and member of the Agricultural Advisory of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
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