Michelle Colestock-Muilenburg
michelle@dakotariskmanagement.com
Phone: 605-397-2299

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Biography
Michelle Colestock-Muilenburg was raised on a three-generation grain and livestock farm near Wagner, South Dakota. She is the sixth of ten children raised on their family farm. She learned her love and respect for the land and animals from her first boss--her Dad--who is still active in farming at the age of 80.

Michelle opened the Groton office in January 2005 and became an Alan Kluis Affiliate in 2007-8. Prior to this, she had worked for several agri-business companies in Northeast South Dakota, including accounting positions with SDWG, Wheetco and REA Hybrids.

Biography
Alan Kluis has been a commodity advisor and broker since 1976. He is president and managing partner of Kluis Commodities in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Previously, he founded Northstar Commodities in 1991, and sold it in 2001, remaining with the new owners until 2006. Alan is one of two approved Cargill Pro-Pricing Grain managers and is an introducing broker with Rosenthal Collins Group.

Alan is also a writer. He was an expert columnist for Corn and Soybean Digest for 13 years; the magazine featured his Marketing Strategies column in every issue. Now Alan writes a new column, Your Profit, for Successful Farming Magazine. Alan has published two books on commodities trading; his co-author on the first book, Loren Kruse, is now Editor-in-Chief of Successful Farming magazine. Alan is commonly quoted in major publications including the Wall Street Journal, and is a featured speaker at commodity conferences nationwide. He is a frequent market analyst for the Linder Farm Radio News Network. Alan was co-author of the weekly AgInvestor Newsletter for 12 years, and is now the author of his new weekly commodity advisory newsletter, The Al Kluis Report.

Alan, a Minnesota farmboy, was awarded his degree in Ag Economics from the University of Minnesota in 1974, after which he was executive director of the Minnesota Soybean Association before entering the markets full-time. Alan still owns a farm in southwest Minnesota and enjoys helping with fieldwork when the markets allow.