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How Roach Ag Marketing, Ltd. helps farmers make smarter marketing decisions.
Roach Ag Marketing, Ltd. offers different levels of service to assist farmers. If you are looking for more of a one-on-one approach, our Consulting services will pair you up with an experienced broker to work with you throughout the marketing year. Our Hedging service is suited for farmers that are also experienced investors and comfortable with more risk. Whatever your need is, Roach Ag Marketing, Ltd. can be a trusted partner for your grain marketing.
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John Roach
John Roach grew up on a small farm near Carlisle, Iowa and began his career in grain marketing with Lincoln Grain Company in 1973. He then moved to Farmer’s Grain and Livestock before founding Roach Ag Marketing in 1978 at Perry, Iowa. Roach Ag has 4 Midwest offices with Roach Ag’s corporate office located in beautiful Boca Raton, Florida since 2001.
Roach Ag employs 40 people helping over 10,000 agri-business customers with crop and livestock marketing decisions and brokerage transactions.
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The Roach Ag Marketing family spans across 7 office locations and includes a diverse group ranging from Senior Advisors with decades of experience to recent college grads eager to learn the business. We are always looking for talented people who want to help farmers and become part of the important world of agriculture!
John Roach
John Roach
John Roach grew up on a small farm near Carlisle, Iowa and began his career in grain marketing with Lincoln Grain Company in 1973. He then moved to Farmer’s Grain and Livestock before founding Roach Ag Marketing in 1978 at Perry, Iowa.
Roach Ag has 4 Midwest offices with Roach Ag's corporate office located in beautiful Boca Raton, Florida since 2001.
Roach Ag employs 40 people helping over 10,000 agri-business customers with crop and livestock marketing decisions and brokerage transactions.
John's son, Todd, is president of their award-winning publishing company and John works with their brokerage company.
In 2021 Roach Ag Financial was born to help farmers make surprisingly large tax-deductible contributions to their retirement. John absolutely loves helping farmers get big tax deductions without spending the money.
In 1995 John was honored to be one of sixteen brokers featured in the book, “Master Brokers”, by John Walsh. However, he is better known as the Senior Market Analyst on Market to Market where he has appeared since 1978.
Brad Matthews
Brad Matthews
Brad Matthews is the CEO of Roach Ag Brokerage. He was born and raised in Naperville, Illinois. Brad attended Indiana University where he earned a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Finance and then headed into the world of grain marketing for producers and end users.
His first job was on the floor at the Chicago Board of Trade where he learned the futures and options business. He has been a highly successful Ag Consultant working with producers from all over the grain belt for over ten years.
Brad specializes in working with farmers to create individualized market plans that are tailored to their unique needs. Brad also hosts Roach Ag grain marketing seminars across the Corn Belt and makes regular appearances on US Farm Report and Ag Day. He resides in Geneva with his wife and four children.
J Todd Roach
J Todd Roach
Todd Roach was born and raised in Iowa and graduated high school in Oskaloosa, Iowa. He earned a B.S. from Iowa State and a Ph.D. from University of Mississippi in Experimental Psychology. Todd worked as a scientist for an Alzheimer's research group in Florida for a few years before pivoting from the academic path and returning to Oskaloosa to manage a family-owned title company, attracted by the opportunity to raise his family in Iowa.
After 15+ years in the Iowa title industry, and two kids in high school, he was ready for the challenge of a second career pivot and to dust off his research and writing skills. During that time, John Roach was looking for someone to assist him with the publishing division of Roach Ag and knew bringing in Todd to follow in his footsteps was a natural fit. Todd joined Roach Ag in 2019 as a writer and editor of the First Look and Daily Grain Plan. With Todd in Iowa and John in Florida, the two conference over Zoom every day to discuss markets and craft the daily newsletter.
Todd takes pride in being a second-generation member of the Roach Ag Marketing team and is committed to the values of the family-owned business that John Roach started in 1978. He enjoys watching his kids' school sports and getting outdoors to play disc golf when he has free time.
Michelle Jackson
Michelle Jackson
Michelle originally hails from Millard, Nebraska where she learned by experience how challenging life is on the farm having spent summers de-tasseling corn. She has a reputation for professionalism, compassion, flexibility, and the highest dedication that distinguishes her ability to achieve consistently outstanding results.
Prior to working with Roach Ag in a recruiting consultant role, she worked for many years as a recruiter for diverse industries such as Dental, Media, Software, Insurance, and Marketing. Michelle feels at home at Roach Ag. and is proud to contribute to the company’s growth by adding new talent to our team. She lives in Boca Raton, Florida with her husband and family.
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