Brian Knifong is Senior Vice President of Agronomy for Agtegra Cooperative in Aberdeen, South Dakota. A proven commercial and marketing executive with more than 20 years of experience in agriculture, he is known for translating strategy into results and building high-performing teams.

Before joining Agtegra, Brian served as Head of Marketing and Customer Experience for Nutrien Ag Solutions in Loveland, Colorado. In that role, he built a cross-functional team that reshaped the company’s customer loyalty strategy and aligned sales, marketing, and pricing behind a unified, customer-centered go-to-market approach. In 2026, the National Agri-Marketing Association named him Agribusiness Leader of the Year.

Throughout his career, Brian has built teams from the ground up and led significant organizational change. As Senior Director of Pricing for Nutrien, he established a new pricing function and aligned leaders across the organization around a new commercial strategy. As Director of Marketing for Loveland Products, he led a company-wide rebrand and expanded the company’s proprietary product portfolio to create incremental value.

Brian holds a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Education from the University of Central Missouri. He is a Prosci Certified Change Practitioner and has completed executive education coursework at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.