Crop inputs supplier Meristem Crop Performance Group LLC, Columbus, Ohio, announced on March 30 that Certified Crop Consultant Brewer Blessitt, CPAg, Ph.D., founder of Blythe Bayou Research and Consulting (BBRC), has joined Meristem to support product research and development.
Blessitt joined DuPont Pioneer (now Corteva) in 2013, first as a product agronomist and then as a technical product manager. He also worked as a Mississippi State University research associate for eight years. In addition to his role with Meristem, he will continue his agronomic consulting across 40,000 acres in the Southeast region.
“Dr. Blessitt will play a key role helping us widen the pathway for new, innovative technology that helps farmers increase nutrient-use efficiency, grow big, healthy plants fast, optimize genetic potential all season long, and gain more bushels for less,” said Mitch Eviston, Meristem Founder and CEO.