Hereford, Texas
July 15, 2009
Advanta US, a business
unit of the world’s largest sorghum seed research and marketing
company, also known as Advanta, announces the addition of
long-time sorghum seed professional Mike Northcutt to its North
American sales and development team for wholesale accounts.
Northcutt will apply a wealth of knowledge, experience and
expertise to the company’s growing seed-marketer clientele. A
graduate of West Texas A&M with a B.S. in agronomy, Northcutt
grew up on a family farm near Tulia, Texas, where he developed
his affinity for sorghum. His family grew one of the first seed
production fields of Sorghum X Sudangrass hybrids, called
Haygrazer, which was marketed by Taylor-Evans Seed Co. His
career now spans 38 years in the sorghum seed industry, working
in sales and marketing, operations and management with several
seed companies.
“I’m very, very happy to be with a company, such as Advanta,
that has superior genetics, a huge global germplasm base, an
innovative research and breeding philosophy, and a leading edge,
proprietary position in biotechnologies,” says Northcutt, who
grew the first 3˝-acre production field of brown mid-rib sorghum
hybrids in 1995. “North American farmers will benefit as
innovative new hybrids with cutting edge agronomic traits are
introduced over the next few years.”
Advanta US offers exemplary research and development programs
featuring unique germplasm for high quality forage sorghums,
sudangrasses, hybrid grain sorghums, sorghums for biofuels and
sunflowers. For more information on Advanta US and its
exceptional products, programs and more, go to:
www.advantaus.com.
ADVANTA India Limited, based in Secunderabad, India, is a
seed company with a global footprint committed to sustainable
agriculture through innovative research and technology. Advanta
has one of the most complete product portfolios in the Global
Seed Industry with a comprehensive range of field, oilseed and
vegetable crops. Advanta is proud of its wide range of
proprietary products in crops that improve the productivity and
profitability of farmers in many of the food production zones of
the world. Advanta, with North American headquarters in
Hereford, Texas, is a member of the United Phosphorous Group of
Companies. For more information visit
www.advantaus.com |
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