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New York, New York
July 21, 2008
 AgriCapital
Corporation, investment bankers for agribusiness, today
announced that James A. Blome, formerly of Agriliance, has
joined AgriCapital Advisors. Mr. Blome will lead AgriCapital’s
activities in the crop protection industry.
Mr. Blome has broad experience in the crop protection,
fertilizer and ag distribution businesses, where he served in
leadership positions at operations with sales ranging from $60
million to $1.5 billion. He holds a B.S. degree from Iowa State
University in agronomy. He will continue to be based in Memphis.
RB Halaby, Chairman of AgriCapital, said, “We are very happy to
have Jim join our team at AgriCapital. The crop protection
industry is entering a period of great change and challenges,
and Jim will strengthen our investment banking capabilities for
participants in that important segment of agribusiness.”
AgriCapital Corporation is celebrating its 25th anniversary
in 2008. It provides investment banking services exclusively to
agribusinesses, including mergers, acquisitions and divestitures
advisory, private placements, and corporate finance and
strategic consulting. Since AgriCapital’s founding, it has
undertaken over 400 assignments on behalf of some 300 large and
small companies across the spectrum of agribusiness in the
United States and around the world. |
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