Gerhard Horn was named the executive director of K+S North America Corp., New York, effective April 1. He succeeds Jan Döge, who returns to Germany as a senior product manager, taking on global responsibility for sulfate of potash and Patentkali®. Until recently, Horn was marketing director for K+S Kalki GmbH.
CoreAgri, LLC, Arroyo Grande, Calif., a producer of specialty fertilizers and liquid and dry micronutrients, has promoted Mike Barry to the position of national sales manager. He previously served as vice president. Barry will now guide CoreAgri’s sales team while contributing to an enhanced Web presence, product brochures, and technical sheets. CoreAgri, a unit of CoreClean Group LLC, has production facilities in California, Texas, and Tennessee.
The laureate of the 2011 IFA Norman Borlaug Award for excellence in crop nutrition research is Dr. Roland Buresh of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in the Philippines. He is principal scientist at IRRI, where he leads the IRRI’s work on site-specific nutrient management (SSNM). The award recognizes his work in transforming the scientific concept of SSNM to innovative knowledge transfer tools based on decision-support software, the Internet, mobile phones, and field practices readily usable by rice growers. Such tools bring precision agriculture techniques to small-scale farmers in developing countries. Dr. Buresh’s most recent and recognized accomplishment is “Nutrient Manager,” an IT-based decision-support tool that provides extension workers, farmers, and researchers field-specific nutrient management practices for rice. Prior to joining IRRI, Dr. Buresh was principal soil scientist at the International Center for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF) in Nairobi, Kenya, and soil scientist at the International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC), where he led a collaborative project between IFDC and IRRI in the Philippines. Dr. Buresh graduated from Louisiana State University in 1978 with a PhD in Marine Sciences. He also received an M.Sc. in Soil Science from North Dakota State University. Dr. Buresh will accept the award at the IFA Annual Conference May 24 in Montreal.
Martin Midstream Partners LP, Kilgore, Texas, reports Byron Kelley has been named as an advisory director to the board of directors of Martin Midstream GP LLC, which is the general partner of MMLP. Kelley brings over 40 years of experience in both domestic and international activities covering operations, engineering, natural gas marketing, business development, strategic planning, and executive management. He was most recently president, CEO, and board member of Regency GP LLC. He has also held executive positions with CenterPoint Energy and El Paso Energy International. He holds a bachelor degree in civil engineering from Auburn University.
The Sulphur Institute has elected Mark Whittemore, executive vice president, ICEC, a division of Oxbox Carbon, as its chairman. Jack Cohn, senior vice president, Savage Services Corp., is vice chair.