Matt Bennett is the CEO and co-founder of AgMarket.Net®, the Farm Division of John Stewart and Associates. He holds a Series 3 brokerage license and conducts business through the agricultural marketing and consulting firm.

A seventh-generation Central Illinois farmer and livestock producer, he brings the producer’s perspective to the table with his extensive grain and livestock marketing background. He specializes in formulating risk-management strategies and customizing marketing plans specific to each producer’s operation for clients throughout the United States.

Matt’s analysis and commentary on the markets can be found on local and national broadcast platforms, including: AgDay, Agriculture of America, Bloomberg, the CME Group, Farm Futures, Market to Market, RFD-TV, This Week in AgriBusiness, U.S. Farm Report and the Grain Markets and Other Stuff podcast.

A University of Illinois graduate, Matt is a grain marketing consultant with Beck’s. This partnership began in June 2025 to help Beck’s customers navigate volatile markets with confidence. He is also a former grain elevator owner, a business he owned with his family.

Matt and his wife, Tiffany, live on their family’s centennial farm near Windsor, Illinois, and have five kids.