Inland Empire Milling Co.,Inc.      Since 1919

Inland Empire Milling Co., Inc. was founded in 1919 by William and Ernest Schauble.  For over 40 years Inland Empire Milling Co. operating as a flour mill, provided regional customers and customers in Eastern Asia with wholesome refined flour from wheat produced in the Pacific Northwest.   Our family business has changed quite a bit since then, but the name, family, and approach to business remains the same. We continue to provide quality products, as well as grain marketing assistance and crop input advice with small town family values and friendly service.  

Our Business

Our mission adopted in 1919 has never changed: “ Provide our customers with quality that exceeds their expectations, delivery that meets their specific and unique needs, and at a price that’s competitive with other suppliers’  product.”, Ernest Schauble, founder.  Throughout our long history, the Schauble family has never lost sight of our mission statement. This attention to detail has enabled us to differentiate ourselves from the large “mass” suppliers.  Our customers know where their products were produced, who managed the crop throughout its production lifecycle, and  who handled and shipped the agricultural commodities before arriving at their door.

Employee Bios:

Albert Schauble/Director:  Began working at Inland Empire Milling Co., Inc. as a child for his father, Ernest Schauble and Grandfather William Schauble.  In the early days, Albert helped hand sew flour sacks, stack flour bags into boxcars and other high labor jobs.  Albert quickly proved his worth was much better utilized in the office, where he handled contracting and agricultural procurements from the local farmers.  Albert still remains active in the day to day activities of the company.  He trades futures and options to manage the financial risk of commodity inventory as well as provides valuable insight into the commodity markets in general.  Without the devotion and commitment of over 50 years to our family company, we would not be as successful as we are today.

Jerry Schauble/ President:  Graduated from Washington State University in 1983. Jerry has been actively involved with the family business for over 26 years.  His knowledge of various wheat varieties enables Inland Empire Milling Co., Inc tailor our products to best suit our customers’ needs.  Jerry manages operations, seed production and contracting, domestic freight logistics, and domestic sales.

David Schauble/Vice President:  Graduated from Washington State University in 1988 with a degree in Agricultural Economics.  After 5 years in Chicago working for Merrill Lynch at the Chicago Board of Trade as a commodity options broker, he returned to the family business in1993.  David manages international sales and marketing as well as oversees international freight logistics.  In November 2008, David moved back to Chicago and opened an office in Arlington Heights, IL.  Opening an office in Chicago has enabled IEMC to better serve our Midwest suppliers and increase IEMC's exposure to the corn and soybean growing region.

Valerie Brewer/Administrative Assistant and Export Documentation Manager:  Graduated from University of Nevada, Las Vegas with a degree in Hotel Restaurant Administration.  The hotel industry, where customer service is paramount and attention to detail is at its finest made our decision to recruit Valerie an easy one.  Valerie has an extensive farming background having grown up on a family farm and her ability to handle multiple issues and extensive projects with ease has allowed our company to continue its impressive growth.

Cindy Glorfield/Executive Assistant:   Cindy was hired in July 2009.  Previously she worked 17 years for a local full service farm supply.  Her primary responsibilities include Accounts Receivables and Payables, Goverment compliance processing, and daily financial posting.  Cindy's farm background brings a wealth of knowledge to our company and we are happy to welcome her into our family.

Gilbert Rieck/Freight Logistics and Maintenance Manager:  Gilbert has been officially employed by Inland Empire Milling Co., Inc. since 2005.  However, our company retained his freight services for many years prior to his employment.  Gilbert also manages our facilities and provides the daily maintenance on our semi truck fleet and other company vehicles. 

Ryan Schauble/Facility Operations Manager:  Ryan graduated from Spokane Community College in 1999.  Ryan was employed part-time by Inland Empire Milling Co., Inc. from 1997-2001 before accepting a full time position.  He left our company in 2006 to manage a brewing barley and sugar beet farm in Wyoming.  This farm consisted of over 3000 irrigated acres of contracted Malt barley for Coor's Brewery and sugar beets under contract with PepsiCo.  In 2008, we had the pleasure of hiring Ryan back.  His direct insight to farming, barley production and producer contracting has enabled Inland Empire Milling Co., Inc to have a better connection with our farming families.

Reece McBride/Freight Transportation Specialist: Hired March 2009, Reece as a semi truck driver, Reece is our eyes and ears in the grain and feed industry.  Reece's daily responsibilities include deliveries of various commodities to our customers in the Pacific Northwest.  Reece monitors customer’s inventories so we can schedule just in time inventory management programs.  He oversees quality inspections of the grain we ship and he assists in the maintenance of company vehicles.