Caleb Wurth serves as the regional director of Southeast Asia and Oceania for the U.S. Grains Council, a non-profit organization that promotes the global use of U.S. corn, barley, sorghum and related products including ethanol.
In this capacity, Wurth manages a regional team that identifies, designs and executes destination market programs, fostering regional agricultural and green energy network development that enables mutually beneficial trade between the United States and the countries of Southeast Asia and Oceania. Wurth serves global government and non-government stakeholders as a foremost expert on Southeast Asian agrarian and bioethanol systems.
Prior to the Council, Wurth held positions at Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) as grain and co-product trader and manager of the International Container Freight Desk. Prior to ADM, Wurth served as a Series 55,63 and 7 certified trader at J.P Morgan Chase Investment Bank where he traded commodity and equity ETF derivates.
Wurth holds a bachelor’s of science degree in feed science and management from Kansas State University. There he published scientific research in transpacific feed preservation and particle grain size analysis.
About The U.S. Grains Council
The U.S. Grains Council develops export markets for U.S. barley, corn, sorghum and related products including distiller’s dried grains with solubles (DDGS) and ethanol. With full-time presence in 28 locations, the Council operates programs in more than 50 countries and the European Union. The Council believes exports are vital to global economic development and to U.S. agriculture’s profitability. Detailed information about the Council and its programs is online at www.grains.org.