THIS MONTH IN AGRI MARKETING ...Five Years Ago * Monsanto Co., St. Louis, MO names its Bt corn YieldGard and receives EPA EPA eicosapentaenoic acid. EPA abbr. eicosapentaenoic acid EPA, n.pr See acid, eicosapentaenoic. EPA, n. approval of its Bollgard gene in cotton. * CAMA (Central Automatic Message Accounting) See AMA. (Canadian Agri-Marketing Association) recognizes Ginty Jocius, president and owner of the Outdoor Farm Show, and Ron Kroeker, general sales manager, for United Grain Growers United Grain Growers, or UGG, was a Canadian grain distributor. Founded in 1906 in Winnipeg, UGG was active in grain sales, crop inputs and livestock production services. Ltd. as co-Agri Marketers of the Year. Ten Years Ago * William Kirk is named vp and general manager of Dupont Agricultural Products, Wilmington, DE. He had been general director since 1985. * Indianapolis-based DowElanco names Frank Moore as manager of marketing communications for North America crop production. * Gibbs & Soell, Inc. names William Wanek as executive vp in its New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of office and Jeff Altheide as vp in its Chicago office. Twenty Years Ago * DeKalb AgResearch, DeKalb, IL reorganizes its top management of the company. Charles C. Roberts, president, is named vice chairman of the board. John W. McCarter, Jr, is named pres and chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. , responsible for the seed division following the retirement of Harold Noren. Bruce Bickner is named executive vp from group vp. * Cargill, Inc. Minneapolis appoints Bruce A. Priebe and David Larson assistant vps of the Nutrena Feed division. |
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