• Published articles in leading farm publications
• Guest analyst and regular columnist for area newspapers, radio stations and magazines
• Keynote speaker for such groups as the Iowa Farm Managers Association, Iowa NFO, Iowa Soybean Association, Northwest Iowa Ag Outlook, Ohio State Farm Focus Show, Pennsylvania State Corn Grower's Convention, DTN Ag Outlook and DTN On Air, Futures South '98 Trading Conference, Iowa and Wisconsin Banker's Association, Alberta Canada Cattleman's Association, Ontario Pork Congress.

David Kruse is president of CommStock Investments, and AgriVantage, his commodity brokerage, crop insurance and risk management firm in Northwest Iowa. He is also President of Brazil Iowa Farms, LLC, a group of nearly 320 U.S. and Canadian farmers, who together pooled their money to raise approximately $25 million to invest in the purchase and operation of farmland in Western Bahia, Brazil. In the past several years, David has made more than 15 trips to Brazil, giving him a great deal of personal experience observing the competitive role that Brazil will play in the global market place …both in grains and livestock.

In the past 22 years he has produced The CommStock Report, an opinionated ag commentary and market analysis available daily on many radio stations covering the greater Midwest. The CommStock Report has also been delivered electronically by subscription on DTN/FarmDayta and the Internet since 1985 to thousands of subscribers across the U.S. and Canada . Additionally The CommStock Report is a regular feature of many Midwestern newspapers.

The CommStock Report, called the “Mark Twain of the Plains” for its writing style, is especially noted for its colorful, opinionated commentary and perspective from rural America …..advocating farm community interests and traditional farm values.

David Kruse has been actively engaged in farming since 1973. He lives on and manages a 600 acre corn/soybean farm in Northwest Iowa . You will quickly note by his commentary and market analysis that he has extensive personal experience with grain and livestock marketing. He is a founding member of the Organization for Competitive Markets (OCM) and is a member of their International Trade Policy Committee. David has also been an outspoken proponent of Ethanol and has used his market advisory service has a platform to inform producers and the consuming public of the change of commodities from being a food source to a fuel source and the ramifications of this.

Mr. Kruse is a frequent keynote speaker at major U.S. agricultural conferences.