Shaun Wildman: From Rural Saskatchewan to the Chicago Board of Trade and Global Canola Trading
Trent Klarenbach interviews lifelong friend Shaun Wildman of Flaxcombe, Saskatchewan, discussing rural life, extensive minor hockey travel, and studying Ag Economics at the University of Saskatchewan.
Wildman recounts starting at Rayglen Commodities, learning special crops arbitrage and moving peas and flax into U.S. markets, then working on the Chicago Board of Trade and Winnipeg Commodity Exchange floors during the open-outcry era.
He describes becoming a retail futures broker with Linnco and later joining Xcan/Saskatchewan Wheat Pool’s hedging and trading services, transitioning in 2000 to the cash side as a lentil and pea merchant and then into canola exports.
He covers Wheat Pool’s restructuring under Mayo Schmidt, Viterra’s growth and eventual purchase by Glencore, shifting toward margin-focused trading, and the risks of volatile global markets and defaults.
Wildman closes with his current focus on investments, discretionary futures and stock trading, and pursuing a real estate license to advise on farmland.
00:00 Podcast Welcome Guest Intro
00:59 Small Town Roots Flaxcombe
02:16 Hockey Roads Blizzard Tales
05:47 University Days Public Speaking
08:33 Rayglen Commodities First Deals
11:29 Chicago Trading Floor Culture
16:31 Winnipeg Broker Life Open Outcry
27:13 Xcan Pools Hedging Desks
30:01 Cash Side Lentil Merchant Deep End
31:59 Risky Export Trading
33:56 Pulses Desk to Canola
34:39 FOB vs CNF Strategy
36:06 China Market Power
36:51 Small Volume Big Work
39:24 Market Crash Lessons
44:02 Natural Margins Cycle
48:40 Wheat Pool Restructuring
49:45 Mayo Vision and Growth
52:26 Glencore Acquisition Shift
56:23 Trading vs Marketing Stress
59:26 Life After Trading
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