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Businesses of Agriculture: GrainBridge

From the Businesses of Agriculture series

Kerry Hoffschneider
Jan 30, 2020
Jan 30, 2020 Updated Jun 25, 2020

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Sean Medcalf, Brice Johnson, Jamee Kugler

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Kerry Hoffschneider

It all began with the vision of a Nebraska farmer that has transformed into a new Nebraska-based agribusiness company — GrainBridge — that is promoting farmer profitability through grain marketing decision support, e-commerce and work management.

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