Lubbock, Texas
November 19, 2007
The
BioScience unit of
Bayer CropScience LP
has organized itself to best serve grower and retail customers
in the Cotton Belt with sales and technical information.
Each member of the BioScience team is focused on developing new
products and solutions that have the potential to help growers
meet the needs of a competitive world market. Through innovative
solutions, this team will continue to bring forward
high-yielding, stacked-trait cottonseed varieties in its
flagship FiberMax®, Stoneville® and AFD® brands of cotton seed.
These varieties set the industry standard for high-performance
cotton and are selected and optimized for specific geographical
regions. As a result, Bayer CropScience can meet the needs of
cotton growers in every production region.
The leadership team includes the following:
• Mike Gilbert, VP & Global
Head of BioScience Cotton
• Lee Rivenbark, Director of U.S. Cotton Operations
• Alex Merege, Cotton Operations Mexico and South America
Manager
• Monty Christian, Director of Cotton Technology and Fiber
Business
• Charles Grange, Cotton Business & Operations Manager For
Europe and Asia
• Lloyd McCall, Eastern U.S. Breeding Manager
• Jane Dever, Western U.S. Breeding Manager
• Linda Trolinder-Wright, Cotton Research and Development
Manager
• Clay Blackwood, U.S. Cotton Controller
• Art Simpson, U.S. Cotton Supply Chain Manager
• Gary Gaar, U.S. Sales Manager
• Steve Nichols, U.S. Agronomic Manager
• Jeff Brehmer, U.S. FiberMax Marketing Manager
• Kyle Maple, U.S. Stoneville Marketing Manager
• David Wilson, Mid-Atlantic and Southeast Regional Manager
• Don Threet, Mid-South Regional Manager
• Mark Kelling, Southwest Regional Manager
• John Palmer, West Regional Manager
• Debbie Brickle, Mid-Atlantic Regional Cotton Agronomist
• Macon LaFoe, Mid-South Regional Cotton Agronomist
• Andy White, Mid-South Regional Cotton Agronomist
• David Guthrie, Southeast Regional Cotton Agronomist
• Chris Hopkins, Southeast Regional Cotton Agronomist
• Gary Henniger, Southwest Regional Cotton Agronomist
• Kenny Melton, Southwest Regional Cotton Agronomist
Bayer CropScience LP is the
U.S. business of Bayer CropScience AG.
Bayer AG is a global research-based and growth-oriented
enterprise with core competencies in the fields of health care,
nutrition and high-tech materials. Bayer CropScience AG, a
subsidiary of Bayer AG with annual sales of about EUR 5.7
billion (2006), is one of the world’s leading innovative crop
science companies in the areas of crop protection,
non-agricultural pest control, seeds and plant biotechnology.
The company offers an outstanding range of products and
extensive service backup for modern, sustainable agriculture and
for non-agricultural applications. Bayer CropScience has a
global workforce of about 17,900 and is represented in more than
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