Mark Hanson is a commodity brokerage team manager and leads teams with the main goal of providing superior risk management services that help commercial agribusinesses and farmers achieve their financial goals. Prior to joining CHS Hedging in 2019, Hanson was vice president of merchandising at Thresher Artisan Wheat, where he managed the wheat positions used in flour milling and cereal production. He has also worked as a grain procurement manager for the Purina Feed division and as a senior risk manager for the feed and seed divisions at Land O’Lakes, and he has held positions at Archer Daniels Midland, Agribank and Zen-Noh Grain, the world’s largest agricultural cooperative based in Japan. He has a business degree from Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minn.