Leading micronutrient manufacturers and formulators have formed the Micronutrient Manufacturers Association (MMA) to promote, educate, and sponsor research on the agronomic use of micronutrients. The MMA will also engage in legislative and regulatory activities and facilitate industry communications.
Richard Camp, Kronos Micronutrients LP, Moxee, Wash., has been elected chairman.
“The formation of the MMA will serve as a vehicle to facilitate agronomic education, sponsor peer reviewed research, and publish peer reviewed articles that deal with micronutrient fertilizers,” said Camp. “By focusing on these joint industry issues, our membership and the greater agricultural marketplace will benefit.”
Ron Restum, Agrium Advanced Technologies (U.S.) Inc., Loveland, Colo., will serve as vice chairman, and Mike Dieker, Tetra Micronutrients, The Woodlands, Texas, is secretary/treasurer. Other directors of MMA are Dick Lowry, Nulex, Sioux City, Iowa, and Joel Bzura, Old Bridge Chemicals Inc., Old Bridge, N.J. Additional members of the MMA include Cameron Chemical, Virginia Beach, Va.; Omni Agri Trade Group, Arroyo Grande, Calif.; QC Corp., Baltimore, Md.; Winfield Solutions, Shoreview, Minn.; and Wolf Trax Inc., Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Steven Beckley of S. Beckley and Associates, Woodland, Calif., will serve as executive director and manage the association.
Active membership is open to firms that are micronutrient manufacturers and/or formulators. Associate membership is available to individuals and businesses that do not qualify for active membership but support the purposes of the association.
More information on the MMA can be obtained by calling Beckley at 916-539-4107, or emailing him at micronutrientassociation@gmail.com. The mailing address for MMA is P.O. Box 8563, Woodland, CA 95776.