Kurt Haarmann

Kurt Haarmann is a Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Grain Division for Columbia Grain International. Kurt has worked in the grain handling and export industry since 1993, which was when he joined the company in Colfax, WA. He has experience in the full cycle of procurement, export sales, execution and operations management. In 1995, Kurt was transferred to the corporate headquarters in Portland, OR. He traded Hard Red Winter and Hard Red Spring Wheat for export from 1996 to 2014, while also managing the central hedge desk for the company from 2008 to 2014. In 2014, he moved to Pacificor, LLC to become the Senior Vice President of Marketing and Wheat Product Line Manager. In July 2018, he returned to Columbia Grain to assume his current role and lead a reorganization of the Grain Division.