WPI Consultants

Mr. Goggin, affiliated consultant to WPI, brings expansive knowledge of U.S. and international agricultural policy, USDA's Food for Progress Program,  and a comprehensive knowledge of all aspects of commodity monetizations.  His institutional background working with USDA’s Food for Progress program as a Deputy Director of the Food Assistance Division from 2007-2012, and as a Consultant at Cantera Partners (a monetization agency) provide an exceptional knowledge of the inner workings of USDA's international programs and international agriculture.

After affiliating with WPI in 2019, Mr. Goggin has led and supported our efforts to evaluate 16 USDA Food for Progress monetizations that ranged from Honduras and Jamaica to Indonesia and Bangladesh, to Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania, Sudan, and many others. His efforts helped elevate WPI's work on post-monetization evaluations to the degree that USDA staff unofficially labeled them the "gold standard". Mr. Goggin also contributes to WPI's Ag Perspectives daily commodity commentary and focuses on topics related to international trade and U.S. domestic policy.

Prior to joining WPI, Mr. Goggin worked at Cantera Partners primarily on business and proposal development for a wide variety of non-profit development organizations.  He has also evaluated soybean meal sales in Honduras for TechnoServe’s monetizations; CNFA’s soybean oil sales in Mozambique; POA’s wheat monetizations in Peru; CNFA’s rice monetizations in Mali; and USDA’s distribution of wheat to Sudan; and ACDI-VOCA's recent sales of wheat to Jamaica and Guyana.  He has also supported as a writer and editor two successful proposals for POA.  

In his 26-year career with USDA, he served as an attaché in The Hague, The Netherlands, working primarily on trade policy, and commodity reporting and analysis. As Balkan Regional Attaché in Sofia, Bulgaria from 2001-2006, he directed technical assistance projects, and advised and evaluated Food for Progress and McGovern-Dole Food for Education programs; and, as a Director of the Agricultural Trade Office in Mexico City, Mexico, he focused primarily on trade policy and promotions. 

Mr. Goggin has a B.S in Economics from Georgia Southern University and a M.S. in Agricultural Economics from The University of Georgia. Mr. Goggin also served as a Research Associate for the University of Georgia's Cooperative Extension Service in Athens and Griffin, Georgia, from 1988 to 1989.

Allison grew up on a grain farm near Mahnomen, Minnesota, where she developed a firsthand understanding of the challenges and opportunities facing today’s producers. She graduated from the University of Minnesota Crookston in 2013 with bachelor’s degrees in Agricultural Business and Agricultural Education.

Allison discovered her strong interest in commodity markets while working as a Farm Business Management instructor with Lake Region State College. She joined The Money Farm in 2017 and, in 2023, purchased the business originally founded over 40 years ago by Mike Krueger.

Today, she serves as owner of The Money Farm, a grain marketing and risk management advisory firm headquartered in Ada, Minnesota, with a branch office in Marcus, Iowa. Ada is also home, where Allison lives with her husband and three small children.

In addition to advising clients, Allison remains actively involved in her family’s grain farm, where her husband and father raise corn, soybeans, and wheat. Her daily connection to production agriculture keeps her advisory work grounded in real-world decision making.

Yuriy Alatortsev is an independent consultant for WPI, specializing in Black Sea grain and oilseed markets with more than three decades of experience across agricultural production, commodity trading, agribusiness management, and strategic leadership in Eastern Europe. His work combines deep regional market knowledge with practical experience in farm operations, logistics, distribution, and agribusiness development.

In his role with WPI, Mr. Alatortsev provides analysis of Black Sea grain and oilseed markets, drawing on extensive experience in Ukraine and neighboring export regions. His background includes grain origination and procurement across Ukraine, Russia, Bulgaria, and Romania, as well as daily market reporting, export logistics, and supply chain development through Black Sea and Danube ports. He has also contributed to English-language grain market reporting and tailored market intelligence for international grain traders.

Mr. Alatortsev has held senior leadership roles across the agricultural input, machinery, and agribusiness sectors, including Executive Director of Spraytec Ukraine, Managing Director of Titan Machinery Ukraine, and Head of the Agricultural Machinery Department at Zeppelin Ukraine. In these positions, he led strategic planning, business development, distributor network expansion, dealership operations, and after-sales service improvements while working with world-class agricultural brands throughout Ukraine. His experience also includes managing large-scale farming operations in Ukraine and Romania, overseeing grain elevators, machinery fleets, input procurement, and export logistics.

He holds an MBA in Agricultural Business and Management from Kyiv Mohyla Business School and a bachelor’s degree in English and German from Sumy State A.S. Makarenko Pedagogical University.

Mr. Bosch is an agribusiness executive and agricultural engineer with more than 15 years of experience in commodity markets, commercial strategy, and market intelligence. He combines deep market understanding with strong execution capabilities, with a track record of developing new businesses, leading commercial teams, and building strategic partnerships across the agricultural sector. His experience spans trading, seeds, and value-added agricultural products in both local and international markets.