Rich Casler, Chairman of the Feed Ingredient Trading Corporation’s (FITC) Board of Directors, has announced his retirement from the company that he co-founded with Tom O’Connell 31.5 years ago. Casler has handed the reins of the business to Greg McCulloch, the new majority shareholder as well as a long-time employee and part owner of FITC over the years.
After 43 years in the agriculture and feed industry, Casler is looking forward to spending more time with his family and to travel more. “I will have nothing but fond memories of all these years,” said Casler. “The industry attracts honest, hardworking people, and I have been privileged to know an awful lot of them. I will miss dealing with each of you given the relationship we have built over the years.”
Casler is a charter member and long-time leader of the Northeast Agribusiness and Feed Alliance where he served as secretary, executive committee member and bylaws expert. Rich was honored with NEAFA’s Distinguished Service Award in 2017.
Casler will remain involved with FITC going forward, as he was elected to the board of directors by the new shareholders as the new chairman. “My role here will be to provide insight and perspective to the new owners from an “old geezer’s” point of view,” said Casler. “To see if anything I have learned over these years might be useful to the new team here at FITC for the next 15 months.”