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Tim Book
Nov 19, 2020Tim Book is a technical sales representative for Verdesian’s plant nutrition division. Book joins Verdesian Life Sciences with more than 20 years of experience in the agricultural industry. Before joining Verdesian, Book served as regional manager at Specialty Fertilizer Products and has also been an area business leader for the MANA Crop Protection sales team, […]
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Nick Muller
Nov 19, 2020Nick grew up on his family’s farm in southwest Iowa and has spent his entire life in the agriculture industry. After graduating from Iowa State University with a degree in Agricultural Economics, Nick worked in various roles in livestock and row crop production, which included serving as a Sales Representative for Pioneer Hi-Bred. Nick entered […]
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Mark Fuchs, CCA
Nov 19, 2020Mark Fuchs joined Verdesian Life Sciences with a lifetime of crop and dairy production experience. Prior to joining Verdesian, Fuchs served as a regional manager for Specialty Fertilizer Products and a regional agronomist with Southern States Cooperative. He is a Certified Crop Adviser (CCA), has served as a CCA regional chairman and an international chairman, […]
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Kurt Seevers
Nov 19, 2020Serving as a technical development manager, seed treatments & inoculants, Kurt Seevers has spent more than 25 years in various positions, including technical services, agronomy, sales, marketing and product development. Prior to joining Verdesian in 2014, he spent the previous 10 years working with Becker Underwood, most recently as field development leader for seed treatment […]
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Kevin Bauman
Nov 19, 2020Kevin is technical sales representative for southern Illinois and southeastern Missouri helping retailers and farmers reach and exceed their production goals by helping them to make informed decisions. Kevin has over twenty years of experience in ag retail, having worked seven years as a crop specialist for FS in South Central Illinois, three years as […]
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Jill Hanson
Nov 19, 2020Jill Hanson is Verdesian Life Sciences’ Specialty Micronutrients Technical Product Manager, assisting with providing technical support, guidance and training Specialty Micronutrients Hanson is based in Clarinda, Iowa. Jill grew up on a farm in Webb, which is located in northwest Iowa. She attended Iowa State University where she earned a bachelor’s degree in agriculture in […]
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Jake Socherman
Nov 19, 2020As director of sales, specialty micronutrients, Jake Socherman is responsible for handling key accounts, customer service, sales and product design and development. For over 20 years, he has worked for distribution and manufacturing companies, offering fertilizer products to the turf, ornamental and specialty agriculture industries. Jacob has expertise in plant nutrition and fertilizer technologies.
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Dave Schwartz, CCA
Nov 11, 2020Dave Schwartz is executive vice president of sales in plant nutrition for Verdesian. Prior to this role, Dave served as vice president of new product development for Specialty Fertilizer Products and sales manager for Van Diest Supply Co., as well as sales representative and trainer for Ciba Geigy. Dave earned his bachelor’s degree in business […]
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Chuck Broughton
Nov 09, 2020Charles “Chuck” Broughton is vice president of business development for Verdesian’s seed treatments and inoculants division in the United States and Canada. A current resident of south central Iowa, Chuck brings nearly 30 years of experience to lead the seed treatment and inoculant sales team. His position is focused on expanding a rapidly growing line […]
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Andrew Duff
Nov 09, 2020Andrew Duff serves as Verdesian Life Sciences’ Senior VP, US Sales, Nutritionals and Polymers. Andrew is responsible for managing sales activities, management of assigned Region VPs, National Accounts, National Equipment Programs, Governmental Affairs and Special Projects with objective achievement for the Agriculture & Turf Market in the U.S. for Verdesian. Andrew leads the Commercial Senior […]
