About Us

Organized as a corporation on January 17, 1977, Ag-World is owned by Bruce D. Cluver. Since its beginning, Ag-World has been one of the leaders in livestock exports, particularly swine, beef cattle, dairy cattle, sheep and goats.

Specialists on our staff include:

• Bruce D. Cluver, CEO
• Chuck Bastrom, Ph.D. (Xie Ji)
  General Manager, Ag-World, Asia
• Jacob Cluver, Director of RENCO Sales
• Dr. Clarence Moore, Dairy Science Specialist
• Dr. Paul Walker, Beef Cattle Specialist
• Robert Dawson, Information Technology

Bruce Cluver, CEO of Ag-World Inc., began as Assistant Superintendent of Markets for the Illinois Department of Agriculture in charge of export promotion and later as General Manager of Illinois Produce International, another livestock export company before founding Ag-World. Cluver was honored in 1993 with the Alumni Achievement Award from the Illinois State University Alumni Association.

Chuck Bastrom Ph.D. (Xie Ji) is our Asia Manager for Ag-World. Education: Economy Scholar, MBA and Master of Animal Nutrition, and PH.D. in Animal Genetics. Previous work experience includes (US) HY-Line International 1997-1999. Mr. Bastrom has been working for AgWorld since 1999.