Meristem Crop Performance Group LLC, Columbus, Ohio, announced on Dec. 6 that Mike McNinch has joined the company as a Sales Representative in Illinois. McNinch grew up on a farm near Amboy, Ill., and worked for Maplehurst Farms, a locally-owned crop input retailer in Lee Center, Ill., after earning an ag business degree from Kishwaukee College in Malta, Ill.
Meristem also announced that Aaron Diederich, an ag agronomist and seed specialist, has joined the company as a Sales Representative and Dealer Coach in Kansas and other Plains states. Diederich previously spent seven years with seed corn producer Agri-Gold, and earned a bachelor’s degree in ag economics from Kansas State University. He will be operating out of Hanover, Kan.