Geneseo, Illinois
May 19, 2008
Wyffels Hybrids today announced two new District Sales
Managers for northwest Illinois and eastern Iowa. Jonathon Lower
will be responsible for customers in northwest Illinois, while
residing in Carroll County. Scott Peck will be responsible for
District 31 which covers Des Moines, Henry, Louisa and
Washington counties in Iowa.
Lower grew up in Carroll County on a family farm and assumes the
District Sales Manager position following seven years as a seed
representative for Wyffels. Last summer, he served as a Wyffels
sales intern working in Illinois and Iowa. A 2008 graduate of
the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, he received a
bachelor’s degree in crop science. While in school, Lower was a
crop science ambassador, served on the student advancement
committee and was a member of the Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity.
Peck comes to Wyffels Hybrids with more than 30 years in sales
and sales management in the crop industry. Prior to joining
Wyffels, he served as an account manager for six years at
Rosen’s, Inc., which is a distributor of agricultural chemicals
proprietary adjuvant. He also was a district sales manager at
another seed company for 18 years.
“We are pleased to be able to add both Jonathon and Scott to the
Wyffels team. Their extensive sales experience and knowledge of
the seed corn industry will be a great asset to the growers in
their areas,” said Brian Humphries, vice president of sales for
Wyffels Hybrids. “They are ready to bring our message of
customer care and unique, top-yielding genetics to growers
throughout northern Illinois and eastern Iowa.”
Wyffels Hybrids, headquartered in Geneseo, Illinois, is one
of the nation’s largest independent seed corn companies.
Focusing strictly on developing elite corn hybrids, the company
is dedicated to providing corn growers in Illinois, Iowa,
southern Wisconsin and the Ohio River Valley with the latest
agronomic information and unmatched customer service and product
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