Kent Schulze. President and Chief Operating Officer (COO), AgriBioTech, Inc. announced today the appointment of two senior executives to keY positions at the Company.

Randy Ingram joins the Company as Vice President Assistant Chief Financial Officer and Director of Business Development. Ingram brings solid finance, business and strategic planning skills to the management team at AgriBioTech. Ingram's primary duties will be in the areas of investment analysis, assistance in the development of acquisition, integration and business growth strategies, and development and supervision of a capital review process. He will also participate in strategic business planning.

Ingram most recently was Head. Business Planning and Development at global headquarters of Novartis Seeds AG (Basel, Switzerland), the world's second largest seed company. Prior to this position, he served as Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at Northrup King Co. (Minneapolis, NIN), at the time an operating unit of Sandoz Seeds. Ltd. In his position at Novartis Seeds he coordinated global strategic and annual business planning processes, and served as leader of technology licensing and acquisition efforts. He also led new business development efforts in the cotton, rice, and grasses seed sectors.

As Vice President of Finance and CFO at Northrup King Co., Ingram headed all traditional finance activities including accounting, reporting, budgeting, long-range financial planning, management information systems, and financial analysis. Prior to his service at Northrup King, Ingram held increasingly important positions in auditing and finance at Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. He began his career as an auditor at Peat Marwick, currently KPMG Peat Marwick, LLP (KPMG). He is a Certified Public Accountant, with extensive post graduate work in executive education at leading U. S. and European institutions.

"We are extremely pleased to have Randy Ingram join our senior management group,", said Kent Schulze. "He brings skills and experiences that will help the Company aggressively pursue its strategy of building the premier forage and turfgrass seed company in the world."

Prior to KPMG, Norris was President of a Houston, TX based diagnostic image management and processing software company. Earlier in his career he served in various capacities at other companies, including manager of strategic planning, manager of research and development, and as an engineer. Norris has earned MBA and Master of Science degrees, and has a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering

"We are very pleased to have Mike Norris join AgriBioTech," said Kent Schulze. "He will build on the solid progress we have made to date on building our IS and communications systems and capabilities. He brings a deep and wide base of experience in dealing with the critical needs of companies in the areas of IS system development and integration into and support of strategic operations planning."