LebanonTurf has named Bernard Bross senior marketing manager. He will be responsible for leading the marketing function and managing the growth of the company’s fertilizer, seed, and biological product portfolios. Bross was previously director of marketing for Scotts Professional Horticulture. He also has held marketing management positions with Ciba, BASF and AgreEvo USA. Bross earned a bachelor’s degree in horticulture from Delaware Valley College, and an MBA in finance from Wake Forest University.
Sylvite reports that Pete Marovich will join the company, effective Dec. 7, as general manager for all Sylvite operations in the Southeast. This role was left vacant in October when Jim Brown left the company. Marovich will be responsible for the operations of Sylvite Terminal & Distribution in Lakeland and Bartow, as well as the wholesale division of Sylvite Southeast, headquartered in Lakeland.
CHS Inc. directors have selected Michael Toelle, a Browns Valley, Minn., farmer, to an eighth one-year term as chairman of the board. Other officers elected include Robert Bass of Reedsburg, Wisc., as first vice chairman; Jerry Hasnedl of St. Hilaire, Minn., as secretary-treasurer; Curt Eischens of Minneota, Minn., as second vice chairman; and Randy Knecht of Houghton, S.D., as assistant secretary-treasurer.
Mary Fortney has been named Growmark Inc.’s controller, effective immediately. She holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting/business administration and an MBA, both from Illinois State University. Fortney has served in several accounting-related positions in the Growmark System.