Industry Experts

Chris Clayton is well-known for his ability to understand and communicate agriculture policy to all audiences. His insights are frequently featured in top agriculture and biofuel publications. His outstanding reporting has been recognized multiple organization including “Writer of the Year” by the American Agricultural Editors’ Association, the Glenn Cunningham Agricultural Journalist of the Year Award and Communicator of the Year by The National Farmers Union and American Coalition for Ethanol. Chris earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism from University of Missouri-Columbia and has been with DTN since 2005.

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Todd Hultman provides practical, down-to-earth enjoys markets insights, both through writing and numerous speaking engagements. He also oversees DTN market strategies, which gives customers general guidance for making critical marketing decisions for their farm. After graduating from the University of Nebraska, Todd began his career as a broker with Delta Futures Group in Omaha, where he relied on DTN for news and market quotes. He joined DTN in 2011 and credits the benefits of working with the award-winning DTN newsroom and DTN ProphetX software as important sources of professional support.

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Cliff Jamieson has worked primarily as a merchant for the past 25 years in the western Canadian grain industry. He has a passion for the study of the markets and working with producers to help identify and manage potential market risks. He regularly blogs DTN Progressive Famer and shares market information with farmers and agribusinesses. He earned his bachelors degree in agriculture and economics from the University of Saskatchewan and his masters degree in business from Athabasca University. Cliff worked as a commodity trader and a grains market specialist before joining DTN in 2012.

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Mary Kennedy has been in the grain business for more than 35 years, specializing in spring and winter wheat, durum, corn, barley, pulse crops, and various other small grains. Her stories and insights are frequently shared in top agriculture publications. She has experience as a commodity buyer in local grain elevators and an ethanol plant. She’s worked in the Minneapolis, Duluth-Superior, and PNW markets as a buyer/merchandiser. Mary has been a member of the North Dakota Grain Dealers Association. She has served on the arbitration committee at the Minneapolis Grain Exchange, secretary of the Durum Industry Advisory Commission and as board member at the Portland Merchants Exchange.

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Dana Mantini has 30-plus years of experience in the commodity futures industry. He began as a wheat buyer and cash grain merchandiser for General Mills and International Multifoods. He spent 15 years as an independent member of the Kansas City Board of Trade before joining DTN in 2012 as a proprietary futures/options trader. After writing daily market wires, as well as advising producers on marketing, Dana became a senior market analyst. He brings his rich experience to farmers and agribusinesses looking to understand market positions and marketing strategies. He earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from Amherst College, Maine.

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Jim Foerster is one of 250 Certified Consulting Meteorologists (CCM) in the world, who are recognized experts in the application of weather information to multiple practical challenges. He is a Forbes Science contributor and has been quoted numerous times in top media outlets like the BBC and Reuters. As Chief Meteorologist, Jim is responsible for providing oversight and guidance to the DTN Forecast Team, as well as providing key insight for external customers around weather risks and the impacts on communities and the businesses DTN supports. He earned his bachelor’s degree in meteorology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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As a DTN on-site meteorologist for premier golf and major events, Brad Nelson assists with heat safety, early detection of lightning, advance warning of thunderstorms, and large-scale weather evacuations to protect players, officials, spectators, and property from harm. He is frequently interviewed for his insights on evolving weather conditions at sporting and public events. He works closely with the DTN Risk Communicator team, an experienced group of meteorologists that specialize in communicating the forecast weather and risk impacts to customer operations, monetary, safety, and logistics. Brad has been with DTN since 2004, upon earning degrees in meteorology and environmental studies from St. Cloud State University in Minnesota.

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Nic Wilson, global business leader and product innovator, is on a mission to help build environmentally resilient utilities. Trained as a meteorologist, he has more than 18 years of experience creating solutions that bring together weather modeling, environmental observations, and machine learning to address challenges facing electricity generation and distribution. He has delivered dozens of presentations and been quoted in multiple utility on the topic. Nic earned his master’s in meteorology from the University of Oklahoma and a master’s in business from the Eller College Of Management at the University of Arizona.

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Karim Bastati has nearly a decade of experience in data analysis, spending the last four years in the energy industry interpreting data and building predictive models. He often acts as the central link between quantitative and qualitative research, joining an extensive knowledge of global oil markets with an analytical, numbers-oriented approach. In his previous position as oil market analyst at ClipperData, he modeled several inventory and export projections and delivered data-derived insights to a wide range of clients.