“We are pleased to announce the addition of three new members to the Fontanelle Hybrids sales team, Fontanelle, Nebraska as District Sales Managers for East Central Missouri, Eastern Iowa and South Central Iowa,” Steve Pike, sales manager said. “We’ve been looking at increasing our coverage of both Iowa and Missouri so it’s with real pleasure that we can do that with the great experience brought on board with our three new DSMs.”

Kent Buckman brings 27 years of seed sales experience and his Certified Crop Advisor status to Fontanelle. Buckman is covering East Central Missouri. “The integrity and reputation of Fontanelle, plus the full product line I can offer to customers were the main reasons I joined the Fontanelle team,” Buckman said. “Since Fontanelle is new to my territory my main goals are to introduce the company and its products to farmers. I hope that the combination of a trustworthy company with solid performing products and my agronomic expertise will allow me to help farmers in this area.”

Brian Kintzle not only brings 16 years of seed sales experience to Fontanelle, he is also a Certified Crop Advisor. Kintzle’s territory covers Eastern Iowa and select accounts in Illinois. “I joined Fontanelle not only because of the tremendous people but also because of the Company’s full product line with a growing focus on technology,” Kintzle said. “I feel their reputation as a customer-focused company with good products will bode well for the future here in Eastern Iowa. I look forward to initially meeting the current Dealers and customers as well as building and strengthening relationships across my area.”

Randy Cero has been in seed sales for 32 years. Cero is managing the South Central Iowa territory. “I joined Fontanelle because of its research strength as an owner/member of The CORE Group,” Cero said. “It’s to our customer’s benefit that The CORE Group members pool their research resources so that we can bring our customers cutting edge technology products tailored to our regional area.”

Fontanelle Hybrids is a 69 year old employee-owned seed company marketing corn, soybeans, grain sorghum, alfalfa and sunflowers in Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Colorado, Missouri and portions of Illinois, Minnesota, South Dakota and Texas. Fontanelle Hybrids is one of the five owners and members of the Core Group that markets value added products under the High Cycle^® Seed Systems brand of products.