Jerry Gulke was raised on a small grains and livestock farm near Ellendale, N.D. After receiving his degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering from North Dakota State University, he became employed with Sundstrand Corporation, an engineering company in Rockford, Ill. It was while employed that Jerry started farming part-time and went on to receive a Masters of Business Administration from Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Ill.
In 1975 Jerry began farming full-time in Northern Illinois, and is actively involved in an 1,800 acre corn/soybean farm with his wife Jenny and his two daughters, Ashley and Stephanie. He is also involved with his mother in the overall management of the original farm in North Dakota.
It was Jerry’s common sense ability to manage his farm, and market his grains successfully in some of the most troubling times in agriculture that received attention from the media. In particular, Top Producer offered the opportunity to write finance/marketing and management articles during the early 1980s, and eventually the spot of monthly editor of the Marketing Strategy column. It was his monthly column which gained respect and attention among producers that led him to the field of consulting, and the formation of Strategic Marketing Services, Inc.
Read some of Jerry’s recent Marketing Strategy columns:
Market Strategy: A Case for Farm Storage
Market Strategy: The Game Has Changed
Gulke is one of 16 market experts that will be participating at Marketing Rally.
Marketing Rally
Wednesday, December 01, 2010 - Thursday, December 02, 2010
Pheasant Run Resort
4051 East Main Street
St. Charles, IL, 60174
(630) 584-6300
Make plans to attend the second-ever Farm Journal Media Marketing Rally. Join 16 of the best marketing minds in agriculture and plan for your 2011 marketing season and beyond. Hear very different strategies from very different advisers and take home multiple ways to improve your business.
