• Independent insurance agent with primary emphasis on crop protection products since 1981
• 21 years as owner, manager & primary agency producer
• Senior Management of agency I sold for 6 years
• Owner of Advantage Ag Insurance, LLC
• Founder/Owner of Dairy Gross Margin, LLC
• Licensed insurance agent in multiple states
• Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa: Bachelor of Science
• Annual and Extended Insurance Continuing Education
• CCIC Certified Crop Insurance Counselor
• Director, Advantage Ag Insurance, LLC, Clear Lake, IA
• Director, The Crop Shop, LLC, Clear Lake, IA
• Director, Rotary Club of Eagle Grove Homes, Inc. (retirement, nursing, assisted living and senior housing)
• Member of the Independent Insurance Agents of Iowa in good standing

• President and founder of Advantage Agricultural Strategies, an agricultural market consulting firm founded in 1985
• Bank officer in Chicago for 3 years and in Iowa for 8 years
• Owner of Advantage Ag Insurance, LLC and AGRO Insurance, LLC
• Founder/Owner of Dairy Gross Margin, LLC
• Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa: Bachelor of Science
• Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa: Master of Business Administration
• Licensed crop insurance agent
• Farmer since 1992
• Director, Advantage Ag Insurance, LLC, Clear Lake, IA
• Director of AGRO Insurance, LLC, Fort Dodge, IA
• Director of Ag Commodity Development Foundation, Fort Dodge
• Director, Westchester Group, Inc.

MARVIN J. CARLSON
1980 440^th St
Sioux Rapids, IA
Cell: 712-240-8395
Fax: 712-262-8395
Email: marv@dairygrossmargin.com

 

• Ag Production Technology Instructor - Iowa Lakes Community College, Emmetsburg for 19 years - retired.
• Iowa Pork Industry Center Advisory Committee member
• NW IA Area of Iowa Soybean Association Advisory Committee member
• Swine Seedstock Producer for over 30 years
• Member Iowa Pork Producers Association, National Pork Producers Council, Iowa Corn Growers Association and Iowa Soybean Association
• Ag and Consumer Lender for 6 years
• High School Vocational Agriculture Instructor for 7 years
• Ag Sales for 2 years
• Iowa State University, Ames, IA - Bachelor of Science - Animal Science. (Completed Ag Education Certification)