With an increasing customer base, increasing market share, an increasing infrastructure, and the continuing commitment to stay customer focused, The J.C. Robinson Seed Co. has added two new vice presidents positions–Vice President of Research, filled by Dr. Hobart Beeghly, and Vice President of Marketing and Sales, filled by Ron Wulfkuhle.

"We’ve been fortunate to grow very quickly in the last few years," said Doug Robinson, senior vice president. "With that growth Dr. Hobart Beeghly, as Research Director, and Ron Wulfkuhle, as Director of Marketing and Sales, were operating at the level of Company vice presidents. We are now officially giving them the titles to fit all the strategic work they have been doing."

Beeghly joined the Company in 1995 as a corn breeder. In 1999 he was appointed Research Director. He earned his doctorate at The University of Wisconsin - Madison in Plant Breeding and Genetics and his masters and bachelors at Iowa State University. Prior to joining The J.C. Robinson Seed Co. Beeghly had four years of experience in corn breeding.

Wulfkuhle joined the Company in 1999 in the Marketing and Sales position. He has 18 years of experience with a range of positions within the U. S. and international seed industry. He earned his bachelor degree in agronomy at Kansas State University.

"Hobart and Ron have been members of our six-member team we call the Management Council since its inception in 2000," Robinson said. "They have been instrumental in developing a long term strategic plan for the Company, and in ensuring that the plan is implemented. An important focus in our strategic plan is to remain customer focused. Both of our new Vice Presidents take that commitment very seriously. We are looking for more good things out of them for the future."

The J. C. Robinson Seed Company is the largest of five-member companies comprising Golden Harvest Seeds, Inc., the nation’s 4^th largest seed brand. Family-owned and family-led since 1888, The J.C. Robinson Seed Company has grown into a network of more than 1,500 employees, farmer-dealers and distributors. The company markets to the Western Corn Belt states of Colorado, Kansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming, the West Coast, plus international sales in Europe and Mexico.

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