# Jake Joraanstad

> Jake Joraanstad is the Fargo-based co-founder and CEO of Bushel, an agribusiness software company that grew from a student-era mobile development shop into a digital network connecting farmers, grain buyers, ag retailers, and lenders. His defining bet has been that agriculture's least glamorous workflows - scale tickets, contracts, phone calls, and paper checks - are precisely where useful technology can have the greatest effect.

- **Role:** Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer at Bushel
- **Organizations:** Bushel, Myriad Mobile, Emerging Prairie, Grand Farm
- **Education:** B.S. in Computer Engineering, North Dakota State University
- **Known for:** Co-founded Bushel and led its shift from a general custom-development shop to agribusiness software., Built a platform that Bushel says connects more than 3,500 grain buying and ag retail locations and more than 50% of U.S. grain origination., Led Bushel through the 2021 acquisition of FarmLogs and into farm management and digital payments.

## Career timeline

- **2011** — Co-founded the mobile and web development company Myriad Mobile with Ryan Raguse while finishing college.
- **2012** — Graduated from North Dakota State University in computer engineering and helped co-found the Fargo entrepreneurship nonprofit Emerging Prairie.
- **2013** — Named the youngest honoree in Prairie Business magazine's 40 Under 40 class.
- **2017** — Launched the Bushel platform after a scale-ticket project revealed broader digital needs in the grain supply chain.
- **2018** — Myriad Mobile and Bushel were recognized as Emerging Prairie's Startup of the Year; Bushel also announced a $7 million investment round.
- **2019** — Renamed and refocused Myriad Mobile as Bushel, formalizing the company's move from custom development to agricultural software.
- **2021** — Bushel acquired farm-management software company FarmLogs.
- **2023** — Bushel closed an oversubscribed $26 million funding round to expand digital payments, farm management, and network integrations.
- **2024** — Bushel reported a network of more than 3,500 grain and ag retail facilities, representing more than half of U.S. and Canadian grain origination.
- **2026** — At Bushel's Buddy Seat Conference, Joraanstad argued that AI should raise service expectations and compress routine farm transactions to seconds.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Bushel and led its shift from a general custom-development shop to agribusiness software.
- Built a platform that Bushel says connects more than 3,500 grain buying and ag retail locations and more than 50% of U.S. grain origination.
- Led Bushel through the 2021 acquisition of FarmLogs and into farm management and digital payments.
- Closed an oversubscribed $26 million Bushel funding round in 2023.
- Co-founded Emerging Prairie and served on its board from 2012 through 2021.
- Serves on the board of Grand Farm.
- Named the youngest member of Prairie Business magazine's 2013 40 Under 40 class.
- Received recognition from FEMA for innovative use of technology, as listed on his public LinkedIn profile.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — At Bushel's Buddy Seat Conference, he said AI could become a 'super agronomist' and argued that paying bills, requesting quotes, pricing fertilizer, and signing grain contracts should take seconds.
- **2025-10** — In a feature-length interview, he outlined Bushel's progression from digitized scale tickets to self-service transactions and digital payments across the grain supply chain.
- **2025-07** — He said Bushel had launched an interest-bearing digital account inside its farm-management software and reiterated that the company's focus remains the inefficiencies between farmers and agribusinesses.
- **2025-06** — He delivered a keynote during AgTech Week in Fargo as Bushel convened agribusiness leaders at its Buddy Seat Conference.
- **2024-06** — Bushel announced CRM, payment, and workflow updates and reported that its software powered more than 3,500 grain and ag retail facilities.

## Links

- Website: https://www.bushelpowered.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jakejoraanstad
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/jakefromfargo
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6fSnNNRbS4

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Last updated: 2026-09-28