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Becker Underwood hires new product manager

October 25, 2011,
Saskatoon, Sask – Becker Underwood – an international developer of seed
coatings, colourants, inoculants, beneficial nematodes, plus a wide range of
agricultural and horticultural products – has hired a new product manager.

October 25, 2011,
Saskatoon, Sask – Becker Underwood – an international developer of seed
coatings, colourants, inoculants, beneficial nematodes, plus a wide range of
agricultural and horticultural products – has hired a new product manager.

David Townsend will work
within four markets – peas and lentils, horticulture and specialty, soybeans,
and canola seed enhancements.

Townsend is well known
across the agriculture industry. Since graduating from the University of
Guelph, he has spent more tan 25 years in agribusiness. He started his career
in product development with a crop protection company in Western Canada before
taking technical product manager and agronomy positions at a major seed
company.

“David brings a wide
variety of skills to this position and has a lot of contacts within key
markets,” says Ralph deVries, director of marketing. “He has agronomic know-how
and experience in a variety of crops across Canada.”