Traders

Tulare, California

John Kauffmann
Vice-President; Director of California Commodities Trading and Transportation
(559) 684-3263

John trades all rail gluten feed, corn germ, hominy, beet pulp pellets, sun meal, mill run, corn screenings and truck beet pulp pellets, sun meal, and mill run.

John is the leader of the company's California commodity trading, and transportation group. He is a graduate of the University of Colorado Business School with a BA degree in Transportation Management and Marketing.

Before joining the company in 2001, he was a commodity trader with Agri Trading, the Director of Grain and Commodity Trading with Guthrie Corporation, and initially started a career with Continental Grain Company first as a Grain Merchandiser, then a Regional General Manager of facilities, and finally Wheat Export Trader for the Texas Gulf and California.

Matt Creighton
Fibers Trader
Almond hulls, almond shells, hull and shell, whole cottonseed, ground pima, gin trash, cottonseed meal, bakery, cottonseed hulls, beet pulp, rice bran, rice hulls, safflower meal
(559) 684-3250

Matt was born and raised on a farm in Weldon, California. After graduating from Stanford with a degree in political science, he played professional baseball for five years in the minor league system for the Chicago Cubs organization. In 2008, Matt joined J.D. Heiskell & Co. where he currently works as a commodities trader.

Jennifer Shaw
Senior Merchant Assistant
Culled carrots, molasses, dried poultry litter w/ and without rumensin
(559) 684-3280