Meet the Staff

Jerry is the owner and manager of the Alma office.  He has a vast amount of experience with agriculture and the crop insurance business.  He has been involved in a diversified family farm operation for 40 years. In 2004 Jerry became a licensed crop insurance agent and began working with the Waggoner Insurance Agency as a producer. In 2010 Jerry and his business partner Mark Oberg formed AgEdge Insurance LLC, focusing on crop insurance and risk management.  In 2015, Jerry and Mark founded AgEdge Financial, which specializes in tax avoidance, wealth preservation, and estate transfer. Jerry also is a sales representative for Channel Seeds.  Jerry, along with his wife Jodi, have 4 grown children that have blessed them with 12 grandchildren.

Mark is the owner and manager of the Gothenburg Office. He is a 1983 graduate of UNL and has spent the last 40 years of his life involved in a row crop operation near Gothenburg, NE. Mark started working in the crop insurance business in December of 2004 with the Waggoner Agency.  In 2010 Mark and his business partner Jerry Ehrke formed AgEdge Insurance LLC, focusing on crop insurance and risk management.  In 2015, Mark and Jerry founded AgEdge Financial, which specializes in tax avoidance, wealth preservation, and estate transfer. Mark services his surrounding area, Eastern Colorado, Western Nebraska as well as accounts across the continental United States.  Mark and his wife LaNona have 4 children and 1 granddaughter and live north of Gothenburg where they continue to be involved in production agriculture and the crop insurance business.