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Jason Radford
Mar 10, 2021Before joining Verdesian, Radford was Director of Retail Specialty Products at J.R. Simplot Company. Radford’s career in agriculture spans his lifetime having grown up on a small farm in southern Idaho. Additional experience Radford brings to the Verdesian leadership team includes various regional leadership positions at BASF and UAP over 18 years. Radford is a […]
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Phillip Frost
Nov 19, 2020Phillip Frost is technical development manager for Verdesian’s nutritional and plant health products in California, Arizona, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, and Colorado. Phil has over 20 years of experience in agricultural businesses. He founded two agricultural startups in Zimbabwe where rural farmers were taught conservation agriculture practices and food provision. He has served as director of […]
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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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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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Dan Crossley, CCA
Nov 09, 2020Dan Crossley has enjoyed his role as a trusted adviser to growers for nearly 30 years. He began his career in agriculture with BioFlora, where he worked for 11 years. There he gained experience as an operator and later as a sales representative. He was a crop adviser for Simplot for 19 years before joining […]
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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 […]
