The Fertilizer Institute has named Robert Tadsen as director of government relations. He will join TFI July 9 and comes from the Michigan Agri-Business Association, where he has been policy director since 2003.
J.R. Simplot Co. announces that Dave Dufault has joined the AgriBusiness Leadership Team as the vice president and general manager, retail division, which includes Simplot Grower Solutions and Simplot Partners. His primary job duties will include directing the activities associated with the sales, marketing, and distribution of ag fertilizers, crop protection products, seed, application, and new technologies.
He has been with Simplot for 18 years, most recently as area manager for the Red River Valley. He will assume his new post June 11, but will spend the summer transitioning and leading the effort to find his replacement. He and his wife will relocate to Boise in late summer.
Jim Haitz has been promoted from assistant vice president to vice president at Yara’s Ammonia Trade & Shipping team. He will lead Yara’s Tampa ATS team, reporting to Commercial Director Trond Hagen of Yara in Geneva. Yara North America will continue to provide administrative support to AT&S, as well as manage Yara’s Tampa ammonia terminal.
Steven Groce has joined Inter-Chem effective June 1 as a regional sales manager. He is covering the Southeast U.S. and will be based in Covington, La. He can be reached at 866-451-6721, cell 985-705-4726, or email sgroce@ictulsa.com.
BPC Chicago LLC, a unit of “JSC” Belarusian Potash Co., has announced its address and contact information as follows: 2150 East Lake Cook Road, Suite 110, Buffalo Grove, Ill 60089; Phone: 847-541-5747; Fax: 847-541-5913. BPC Chicago will be marketing for BPC, a joint venture of Belaruskali and Uralkali, the largest potash manufacturers in Belarus and the Russian federation. BPC Chicago will import their first panamax into New Orleans in August. For more information, contact Michelle Weathers, director, North America operations, or Barney Barnhart, logistics manager for North America.
Dr. Steven Phillips joined the staff of the International Plant Nutrition Institute (IPNI) as Southeast regional director June 1. He most recently was an associate professor of soil fertility and plant nutrition at Virginia Tech, having been with the university since 1999.
Dr. Clifford Snyder, Conway, Ark., who has served as Southeast director, was recently promoted to the new position of nitrogen program director, and will coordinate IPNI efforts dealing with environmental issues associated with nitrogen fertilizer use in agriculture in North America and internationally.