Our Ag Risk Consultants

Bennett Johnson
Bennett JohnsonAg Risk Consultant
Bio
Bennett Johnson was born and raised in Wilson, NC. He attended East Carolina University for college, where he earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Physical Education. In 2012, he moved to Goldsboro, NC. He taught secondary education in the school system and has coached middle and high school football for the last seven years.

Bennett joined the Silveus team in August of 2018. He became interested in crop insurance while watching his brother, Jacob Johnson, get gratification through his job by helping farmers. He has always admired the role of farmers and agriculture, and he respects the hard work that farmers put into making sure there is steady produce available both in America and internationally. He chose this career because he wants to be able to provide protection and consultation for farmers when times may be tough.

Bennet has been married to his wife, Hadley, since 2012, and they have two children, Anna Bennett and Margo.

Katie Woods Glenn
Katie Woods GlennAg Risk Consultant
Bio
Katie Woods Glenn was born and raised in Bluffton, South Carolina, along with her sister, Becky, by her parents, Edgar and Karin Woods. She graduated from Clemson University in 2014 with a degree in Spanish and a minor in Business. In November of that year, she was hired by Townsquare Interactive as a Digital Marketing Specialist, where she was promoted to the management staff within a year and a half. Katie is in the process of moving to Sumter, South Carolina, and has shifted her career to become a crop insurance provider for growers in and around that area. Katie’s hobbies include spending time with family and friends, hiking, travelling, and horseback riding.
Jacob Johnson
Jacob JohnsonAg Risk Consultant
Bio
Jacob Johnson lives in Wilson, North Carolina and works primarily in eastern NC. He helps farmers navigate the ever-changing world of agriculture risk in an area that is also in the process of changing what they grow and how they grow it. Using federally subsidized and private crop insurance products, Jacob works tirelessly to make sure his growers are aware of where their risk lies and ways to alleviate that risk while maintaining a profit under ever-increasing tight margins.

Jacob has been a crop insurance agent for three years now and has worked with farmers that grow tobacco, cantaloupes, and everything in between. Jacob was a crop adjuster for over ten years before becoming an agent, working for companies such as ADM, Climate Corp, and NAU. It was as an adjuster that Jacob really developed a heart and desire for helping NC farmers. Due to his (literal) time on the ground, Jacob has a perspective and understanding of crop insurance that few can offer.

Jacob has a wife named Becky to whom he’s been married for 13 years. They have three children, Clark, Addie, and Clay. Like any family with three young children, Jacob and Becky find themselves very busy with church, school, and sports but consider themselves blessed to be that busy with three healthy children. Since Becky is a public school librarian and has summers off, they try to relax (and stay cool) by getting to the beach and to the pool as often as possible!

Joe Patton
Joe PattonAg Risk Consultant
Bio
Joe and his wife Aynsley live in Warsaw with their two daughters, Kennedy and Kaylee. They attend Warsaw Community Church. In his free time, he enjoys traveling with his family, hunting deer and turkey, and exercising.

Joe grew up in North Manchester, IN where he graduated from high school in 1994. He decided to further his education in 2008 and graduated from Indiana Wesleyan University in 2012 with a bachelor’s degree in Business.

Most of his years growing up were spent working on the farm with his dad. Joe joined Silveus in 2011. He holds multiple state licenses servicing clients throughout the Southeast, Midwest and High Plains areas. In addition to his vast experience of working with producers all across the country, his background in agriculture helps meet the needs of today’s farmer. Joe’s positive energy and service orientated mindset serve him well in solving the crop insurance/risk-management needs of his clients.
Joe can be reached on his cell at (574) 527-5162 or toll-free (844) Silveus, or send Joe an email at joe.patton@silveussoutheast.com

Lydia Yoder
Lydia YoderSupporting Ag Risk Consultant
Bio
Lydia Yoder has been working with growers in the Southeast since 2007. She enjoys interacting with and helping farmers, because she especially enjoys eating the food they raise. When she isn’t helping clients, she can be found on her back porch hanging out with her chickens and a good book, playing in the kitchen, or running on her quiet country road.

Lydia’s favorite roles in life are being a big sister to her three sisters and four brothers (affectionately known as the 7Wonders), as well as being an auntie and Nana. She and her husband enjoy camping, in pleasant weather, in a camper. She’s never met a roller coaster she hasn’t loved, which serves her well in the world of ag risk.

Mary Katherine Harrington
Mary Katherine HarringtonAg Risk Consultant
Bio
Mary Katherine Harrington grew up on a traditional southern row cropping operation in Bamberg, South Carolina. Because of her enthusiasm and love for the American farmer, she attended Clemson University. She graduated in 2018, earning a degree in Agricultural Mechanization and Business, as well as a minor in Plant Environmental Science. Mary Katherine’s purpose for pursuing a degree in ag was not to become a farmer, but to aid other farmers. Following graduation, Mary Katherine returned home to live on the family farm alongside her family and husband, where she serviced multiple lower state counties as the Clemson Cooperative Extension Row Crop Agent. MK made the decision to join the Silveus Southeast team in December of 2018. MK is fortunate to see and understand crop insurance from both the agent and farmer perspective. She is located in Bamberg, SC still today where she and her husband intend to carry the family farm on to the fifth generation. In her free time, MK enjoys hunting, shooting sporting clays, and visiting her alma mater, Clemson University, to reconnect with friends and family for sporting events.

Management and Office Team

Edgar Woods
Edgar WoodsOwner
Bio
Edgar L. Woods grew up in the Lowcountry of SC where he spent most of his youth on farms and large hunting plantations. He graduated from Clemson University in 1983 and holds a B.S. degree in Agricultural Mechanization and Business. In 1985, he founded and now serves as President of Palmetto Grain Brokerage, LLC, which specializes in cash grain brokerage, futures/options trading, transportation and farm management services. Palmetto Grain Brokerage is headquartered in Ridgeland, S.C. He is also President of Performance Ag, LLC, a licensed South Carolina grain dealer/merchant, is a founding partner of Silveus Southeast and is a partner of the feed ingredient trading company Agriculture Products Exchange (APEX) with offices located in New York, Iowa, and South Carolina. He holds a futures series 3 license from the National Futures Association and is a founding member/director of Atlantic Community Bank, which is headquartered in Bluffton, S.C.

Mr. Woods is a member of the National Feed and Grain Association, served as president of the Southeastern Grain and Feed Association, is a managing member of the SC Ag Group, president of the South Carolina Grain Dealers, and is a board member of the Palmetto Agribusiness Council. He and his wife Karin have two daughters: Katie and Becky. The family resides in Rose Hill Plantation in Bluffton, S.C. They are also active members of the Lowcountry Community Church in Bluffton, S.C.

Brenton Bozard
Brenton BozardCOO
Bio
Brenton and his wife Ashley have 3 children – Mary Clanton, Banks and Letha Marie (Bootsie). They live outside of Ridgeland, SC in Jasper County. The family attends and are active members and supporters of The Parish Church of St. Helena in Beaufort.

Brenton enjoys coming home after work to play backyard pickup games of whichever sport is in season with his children. He loves spending time with his family and friends in the SC salt water creeks and rivers and in the mountains of NC and TN. He is an avid college football fan especially his alma mater, the Clemson Tigers. Outside of the office Brenton serves on the Board of Trustees at Holy Trinity Classical Christian School.

Brenton grew up in St. Matthews, SC graduating from Calhoun Academy in 1991 and went on to Clemson University where he received a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Agricultural and Applied Economics in 1995.

He has been employed by Palmetto Grain Brokerage since 1998 where he was brought on board to help start and build the Pinnacle Marketing advisory program. Brenton is a licensed Series 3 commodity trader and values the relationships he has built with the producers of SC. He is passionate about educating the farmer on their local cash markets as well helping them understand the tools available to them in the futures market. Brenton was instrumental in bringing Silveus Insurance Group to the southeast to partner with Palmetto Grain. He is very proud of the impact this partnership has had for the producers and seeing it grow into Silveus Southeast.

Mary Frances Lowrey
Mary Frances LowreySSE Support Technician
Bio
Mary Frances Lowrey grew up in Texas and graduated from Southern Methodist University. She moved to Atlanta, GA where she worked as a technical writer and technical teacher in the corporate environment. She brings her experience of working with clients, communicating and developing processes and procedures to best serve the sales team and ultimately the client’s needs.
Mary Frances has been married to her husband Lawson for 19 years. They have two children, Maximilian (15) and Jacqueline (12).
Julie Hirsch Rice
Julie Hirsch RiceASR
Bio
Julie Kizer grew up in the Northeast surrounded by the farm country of Lancaster, PA. She soon traveled to the Midwest, where she graduated from Michigan State University with a degree in kinesiology. Finally, she moved to the South to attend University of South Carolina and holds a master’s degree in Public Health. Once she arrived in the South, she knew it was her forever home and has resided in South Carolina ever since. A day doesn’t go by that she doesn’t appreciate the weather in the Lowcountry. Kayaking and spending time on the beach with her family are some of her favorite activities.

Julie now lives in Bluffton, SC. She took her desire to help others in the health world to the world of crop insurance. Julie is thrilled to be aligned with Silveus Southeast and to assist their insureds throughout each season on the administrative side of the industry. Learning is her passion, and she has discovered there is a lot to learn in this ever-growing crop insurance world.

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