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 The Jacobsen History
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The Jacobsen History
In 1865, R.C. Jacobsen began reporting on the daily activity of the local slaughter houses in Chicago. Since there was no convenient electronic means of communication available at the time, Mr. Jacobsen rode his horse to Swift, Armour, Morrell, Hormel and others to speak with managers and brokers in person every day. After gathering his information, Mr. Jacobsen returned to his office and produced the Chicago Daily Hide & Tallow Bulletin on a manual typewriter and hand-cranked mimeograph. Known in the industry as The Sheet, his price quotes and commentary provided vital information to customers who otherwise operated in the dark about the activities of the Chicago-based meat industry.
Upon Mr. Jacobsen's death in 1930, Charles F. Becking took over the company. Mr. Becking was keenly aware of the value that The Jacobsen provided the industry and took calculated measures to safeguard the information from those who might seek to steal copies of the bulletins. He developed an ingenious code using combinations of words, abbreviations and phrases that were used to communicate market activity in the bulletins. A code book was distributed so that only paying customers could decipher the encoded information. The Jacobsen was quickly recognized as the only unbiased source for animal by-product news, and customers began using the price quotes as benchmarks for long term contracts on animal proteins, fats and hides.
In 1967, staff writer Albert Collins and two associates purchased The Jacobsen from Mr. Becking and later the Pratt's Reports from a primary competitor. Mr. Collins was able to take advantage of advances in technology to efficiently monitor market activity and collect perspectives from across the country. The arrival of the telefax enabled the company to not only provide faster service than previously possible, but efficiently expand the subscriber base internationally in time with the emerging global economy.
In 2000, The Jacobsen was purchased by By-Products Interactive, Inc., which began publishing the bulletins on the company's website. Additional experienced writers were added from competing agricultural news services and coverage was expanded to include new product categories, grade levels and geographies. The Jacobsen's foray onto the Internet is simply another step in the company's evolution, a continuation of a 145-year old legacy of objectivity and accuracy.
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Call us at 312.726.6600 or e-mail us at
info@thejacobsen.com
Renewable Fuels, Grain & Food, Vegetable Oil and Marine
Lenny Carpenter at 765.279.5041 or
lenny@thejacobsen.com
Hide and Leather
Gary Gagnon at 816.279.8889 or
gary@thejacobsen.com
U.S. Animal Fats or Proteins
Bill Dieterichs at 314.205.1479 or
billyd@thejacobsen.com
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The Jacobsen Staff
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Bill Dieterichs - Market Analyst & Writer.
Mr. Dieterichs has over thirty-five years of experience as a protein and fat buyer for livestock feed and petfood for Ralston Purina. He has an in-depth understanding of the poultry, livestock and fish processing and rendering industries in the U.S., Canada, Australia and New Zealand. During his tenure, he was also responsible for purchasing or advising operations in Europe and South America on animal protein meal purchases. Bill is responsible for price discovery, market analysis and commentary for The Jacobsen Feed Bulletin - Animal and the Fats & Oils Bulletin - Animal.
billyd@thejacobsen.com
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Lenny Carpenter - Market Analyst & Writer.
Lenny has over twenty years of experience in agricultural markets. For the past fifteen years, he has worked for various commodity brokerages. Lenny has designed and implemented cash grain marketing strategies for individual farm operations, been responsible for basis tracking, hedging and trading futures and options. Consequently, he has a great understanding of what makes the market move. Most recently, Lenny worked for John Stewart & Associates.
Lenny is responsible for price discovery, market analysis and commentary for The Jacobsen Feed Bulletin - Grain & Food and Marine, Fats & Oils Bulletin - Vegetable Oil and both the Biodiesel and Fuel Ethanol Bulletins
lenny@thejacobsen.com
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Gary Gagnon - Market Analyst & Writer.
Gary has spent the vast majority of his career, just under 28 years, with Prime Tanning. For the past 20 years, Gary has been the general manager of Prime Tanning’s St. Joseph facility and in addition, Vice-President the past 15. He brings to the Jacobsen a comprehensive knowledge of the hide and leather industry as well as having full practical knowledge of tanning and the associated drivers in the hide business. His experience in all aspects of operating one of the world’s largest wet blue tanning facilities with a global customer base will provide the Jacobsen with an added dimension.
Gary is responsible for price discovery, market analysis and commentary for Daily North American Hide Bulletin and the International Hides Bulletin
gary@thejacobsen.com
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