Rick Dusek

Rick Dusek is executive vice president for the Country Operations of CHS Inc., the leading U.S. farmer-owned agriculture cooperative and a global energy, grains and foods company. He is responsible for the division delivering agricultural inputs, energy products, grain marketing, animal nutrition, sunflower processing and other farm supplies and services to producer-owners through 450 communities in 16 states. He was appointed to his current role in 2017.

Since 2014, Dusek had served as vice president of CHS Agronomy, responsible for global crop nutrients supply and trading; North American fertilizer operations, sales and marketing; and for developing additional agronomy product and technology offerings.

Prior to that, Dusek was vice president, grain marketing, where he was responsible for all North American commodity trading, logistics and transportation, risk management, and coordinating trades executed by the company’s South American, European and Asia-Pacific businesses. Dusek and his team were also responsible for strategic expansion of the company’s North American grain origination platform, including inland river terminal acquisitions and development and upgrading of export terminal facilities.

Dusek joined CHS in 1988 and spent his early days on the wheat export trading desk. He was named director of merchandising in 2006 and vice president of grain marketing in 2012. He currently serves on the board of directors for The Fertilizer Institute, and is a past board member of the Minneapolis Grain Exchange.

Born and raised in Grafton, N.D., Dusek earned a bachelor’s of science degree in agricultural economics from North Dakota State University. He is a 2013 graduate of the Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program, a personalized learning experience for global business managers to develop best management practices and strategies to sustain long-term growth.