Agrotain International has announced the appointment of Ben Thompson as ag regional sales manager for the Florida region. He will also assist in the development of the company’s industrial business division. Thompson has 25 years of experience in the fertilizer industry, most recently as senior marketing manager – east region for Agriliance LLC. He can be reached at 1-847-431-0127, or via email at bthompson@agrotain.com.
Toepfer International announces the appointment of Todd Dysle as vice president – North American Fertilizers. He was most recently with Helm. He will be located in the company’s office in Tampa, and can be contacted at 813-832-8348; by fax at 813-835-5737; via email at DysleT@acti.de; or at 6101 Port Tampa Drive, P.O. Box 19248, Tampa, Fla. 33686.
CTL Transportation announces that Don Hendricks has joined the company as director of phosphate operations for two of the company’s Florida terminals. He will oversee total management and strategic planning for both the Tampa terminal and the Mulberry terminal, where he will be based. He has 16 years of experience in the transportation industry.
The Western Plant Health Association has elected new board members and officers for 2007. WPHA officers elected included Zoë Henderson of Dow AgroSciences as chairperson; Kent Johnson of Ag Production Co. as vice chairman; Barry Powell of CALAMCO as secretary/treasurer; and Bill Hume of DuPont and Steve Gillette of PotashCorp as executive committee members.
The following were elected for three-year terms on the WPHA board of directors: Neil Budge of Crompton Corp., Bill Hume of DuPont, Chris Simoni of J.R. Simplot Co., Steve Mansfield of H.J. Baker & Bros., Barry Powell of CALAMCO, Jack Wackerman of Haifa NutriTech, Tom Beardsley of Beardsley & Son, Barbara LeVake of Trical, Gordon Miller of Western Farm Service, and Chris Moudry of Basin Fertilizer and Chemical Co.
This year’s Integrity Award went to Alice Inderbitzin of CALAMCO, based in Stockton. The WPHA Outstanding Member award was given to Jay Yost of Independent Agribusiness Professionals, based in Fresno.