Jacob Schuelke

About Jacob Schuelke

Jacob Schuelke is a forward-thinking, proven, financial and executive strategic leader with over 20 years of experience in agribusiness, finance, and risk management. He has deep practical and functional experience as a turnaround leader, as well as in dairy, finance, and agribusiness with some of the world’s most respected CPG and commodity-based, vertically integrated dairy companies. Jacob Schuelke is a subject matter expert on global and domestic dairy markets, pricing and policy, and federal milk marketing orders. He is highly experienced in relating to private equity investors, cash management, strategic business planning, new business development, growth and sustainability, accounting, audit preparation, tax regulations, legal and bank relations, financial modeling, pricing, strategy, executive leadership, IT, commodities, consumer packaged goods, and strategic business development.Jacob Schuelke grew up on a dairy farm in upstate New York, and has a comprehensive background in agricultural economics from both Cornell University and the University of Wisconsin – Madison where he completed his graduate work. Specialties: Milk Procurement & Strategy, Forecasting Dairy Prices and Costs, Dairy and Commodity Hedge Positions, Strategic Cheese, Butter, Milk Powder, and Whey Business Planning & Analysis, Dairy Pooling Models, Financial Statement Preparation & Analysis, Federal Milk Orders, California Milk Pricing OrderProfessional Experience: Strategic Leadership, Financial Leadership, Commodities, Analytics, Dairy Policy, Risk Management, Budgeting, IT Integration and Leadership, Integrated Farming, CME, Futures, Forecasting, Pricing, Project Profitability, Mergers and Acquisitions, Joint Ventures, Competitive Intelligence, Multilevel Models, Statistical Models, Game Theoretic Models, Logical Data Models, Risk Analysis, Forecasting, Manufacturing Operations Analysis, Market Data Analysis, Simulation, Optimization, Public Speaking, Computer Programming, Contract Negotiation, Cash Flow Management, Legal and Bank Relations, CPG

Experience

1. Chief Financial Officer Farming and Dairy Group

   Associated Feed & Supply Company

   May 2025 — Present · Turlock, CA, US

Education

• University of Wisconsin-Madison

  Masters, Applied Economics

• Cornell University

  BS, Applied Economics and Management

Skills

• International Economics
• Dairy Products
• Analysis
• Predictive Analytics
• Competitive Analysis
• Business Strategy
• Pricing
• Engaging Public Speaker
• M&a Analysis
• Market Analysis
• Data Analysis
• Risk Management
• Agribusiness
• Food Industry
• Business Analytics
• Business Modeling
• Strategic Financial Planning
• Business Analysis
• Agriculture
• Food Processing
• Dairy Pricing
• Public Speaking
• Economics
• Dairy
• Financial Modeling
• Competitive Intelligence
• Ingredients
• Hedge Positions
• Plant Operations
• Strategic Planning
• Commodity Risk Management
• R&D Planning
• Dairy Science
• Data Modeling
• Financial Analysis
• New Business Development
• Forecasting
• Consumer Packaged Goods
• Manufacturing Process Optimization Modeling
• Farming