Kentland, Indiana
April 16, 2008
 Seed
industry veteran, Jim Zimmer, has been named CEO of
Channel Bio Corp.
Channel Bio is part of
American Seeds, Inc., a Monsanto holding company.
Jim replaces Aline Funk who recently stepped down as Channel
Bio’s CEO to take a position with a program called AGRA (The
Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa). Don Funk continues
as President of Channel Bio.
Most recently, Mr. Zimmer was Vice President of Monsanto’s U.S.
Branded Business. He joined Monsanto in 1992 as a field sales
representative. He has since held various sales, marketing and
business unit leadership roles within Monsanto’s U.S. commercial
organization in chemistry, germplasm, traits, biotech grain and
licensing strategies.
“Our business is focused on seedsmanship and building trust with
farmers,” says Don Funk. “Growing up on a corn and soybean farm
near Mattoon, Illinois, plus his 16 years of business experience
with Monsanto, will help Jim and Channel continue to serve our
customers well.”
Channel Bio Corp. is one of the largest and fastest-growing
seed corn and soybean seed companies in the U.S. with more than
280 full-time sales representatives working directly with
row-crop farmers. The Channel brands are Crow’s Hybrids,
Kentland, Indiana; Midwest Seed Genetics, Carroll, Iowa; and NC+
Hybrids of Lincoln, Nebraska. |
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