Jared Flinn

We're helping him find that reload coming back. And that's trucking. If anybody knows anything about trucking, it's always changing. I mean, there's a lot of dedicated lanes, but loads fall off, loads got to get diverted. So we're kind of in the middle always, I guess it's, I like to call it organized chaos when you're dealing with trucking. Well, it's logistics, right? Yeah, 100%.

We're helping him find that reload coming back. And that's trucking. If anybody knows anything about trucking, it's always changing. I mean, there's a lot of dedicated lanes, but loads fall off, loads got to get diverted. So we're kind of in the middle always, I guess it's, I like to call it organized chaos when you're dealing with trucking. Well, it's logistics, right? Yeah, 100%.

It's interesting you bring that up. And I've said this, my listeners know this. I've said it a hundred times, but I got started in the grain industry in 2005. Went to go work for a large grain company based in Kansas City, Bartlett Grain Company. And it was my second week on the job. I'm in a in a conference meeting, all the commodity managers, vice president, presidents in this conference room.

It's interesting you bring that up. And I've said this, my listeners know this. I've said it a hundred times, but I got started in the grain industry in 2005. Went to go work for a large grain company based in Kansas City, Bartlett Grain Company. And it was my second week on the job. I'm in a in a conference meeting, all the commodity managers, vice president, presidents in this conference room.

It's interesting you bring that up. And I've said this, my listeners know this. I've said it a hundred times, but I got started in the grain industry in 2005. Went to go work for a large grain company based in Kansas City, Bartlett Grain Company. And it was my second week on the job. I'm in a in a conference meeting, all the commodity managers, vice president, presidents in this conference room.

Well, we're getting ready to leave. And the vice president comes up to me, introduces himself. He's like, hey, Jared, I'm Jack Moran. And I'm like, oh, good to meet you. And again, I'm fresh, just out of college, coming to this company. And he looks at me, he goes, I just want you to remember one thing while you're here. He goes, we are a logistics company that moves grain. And I was like, what?

Well, we're getting ready to leave. And the vice president comes up to me, introduces himself. He's like, hey, Jared, I'm Jack Moran. And I'm like, oh, good to meet you. And again, I'm fresh, just out of college, coming to this company. And he looks at me, he goes, I just want you to remember one thing while you're here. He goes, we are a logistics company that moves grain. And I was like, what?

Well, we're getting ready to leave. And the vice president comes up to me, introduces himself. He's like, hey, Jared, I'm Jack Moran. And I'm like, oh, good to meet you. And again, I'm fresh, just out of college, coming to this company. And he looks at me, he goes, I just want you to remember one thing while you're here. He goes, we are a logistics company that moves grain. And I was like, what?

And again, I'm brand new. I'm like, what does he mean by, I thought we were a grain company. We have all these grain bins and we're, you know, trading all this grain, but he wanted, he just really instilled that. He's like, just remember we're a logistics company that's moving grain.

And again, I'm brand new. I'm like, what does he mean by, I thought we were a grain company. We have all these grain bins and we're, you know, trading all this grain, but he wanted, he just really instilled that. He's like, just remember we're a logistics company that's moving grain.

And again, I'm brand new. I'm like, what does he mean by, I thought we were a grain company. We have all these grain bins and we're, you know, trading all this grain, but he wanted, he just really instilled that. He's like, just remember we're a logistics company that's moving grain.

And I think that's really what set the tone for me to realize just how valuable transportation is in the grain industry. I mean, it's, I don't know what percent, but it's just a huge amount of the success of grain companies and farmers and anybody in the supply chain.

And I think that's really what set the tone for me to realize just how valuable transportation is in the grain industry. I mean, it's, I don't know what percent, but it's just a huge amount of the success of grain companies and farmers and anybody in the supply chain.

And I think that's really what set the tone for me to realize just how valuable transportation is in the grain industry. I mean, it's, I don't know what percent, but it's just a huge amount of the success of grain companies and farmers and anybody in the supply chain.

Most times it always, well, it usually always starts and usually ends on a truck. Yeah. So it's a, it's a very integral part of, of the industry.

Most times it always, well, it usually always starts and usually ends on a truck. Yeah. So it's a, it's a very integral part of, of the industry.

Most times it always, well, it usually always starts and usually ends on a truck. Yeah. So it's a, it's a very integral part of, of the industry.

Yeah. Good question. In bulk, it's actually a little, it's interesting. It can be all the above, but, So when you're talking about grains, most of that stuff travels less distant on truck and more on rail just because railroads – one thing we know, railroads, barges, vessels, they love commodities and they especially love grain commodities because they can load it fast. They can ship it fast.

Yeah. Good question. In bulk, it's actually a little, it's interesting. It can be all the above, but, So when you're talking about grains, most of that stuff travels less distant on truck and more on rail just because railroads – one thing we know, railroads, barges, vessels, they love commodities and they especially love grain commodities because they can load it fast. They can ship it fast.

Yeah. Good question. In bulk, it's actually a little, it's interesting. It can be all the above, but, So when you're talking about grains, most of that stuff travels less distant on truck and more on rail just because railroads – one thing we know, railroads, barges, vessels, they love commodities and they especially love grain commodities because they can load it fast. They can ship it fast.