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Scott, Mississippi
May 17, 2001
 Delta and Pine Land Company announced that Dr. Kater
Hake is assuming the position of vice president of technology development
effective immediately. The newly created position includes oversight of
the development of new, innovative products for the company from product
inception through commercialization, according to Steve M. Hawkins, D&PL
president and chief operating officer.
"The role of technology and innovation in our business has grown
substantially," Hawkins said. "To maximize the potential that technology
can provide our farmer customers and our business, we created a position
with that as the focal point. The first wave of technology has been very
beneficial to the industry and as we look to the future there are great
possibilities ahead for us. Given the potential impact on farmers, we
wanted someone with a depth and breadth of experience, expertise and
enthusiasm that is rare. That description aptly fits Kater Hake."
Hake built his experience both at the company working internationally and
with major trade associations in the US as well as through other work in
agriculture. Hake has previously led international technical service
efforts for D&PL. Those efforts will combine with the efforts already
headed by Dr. Tom Kerby, broadening Kerby's responsibilities to cover
technical services testing and product development efforts globally.
Hake has over 20 years experience in all aspects of the cotton industry,
most notably as head of the National Cotton Council's Cotton Physiology
Education Program, which he initiated. He holds a Ph.D. in Botany/Plant
Physiology and an M.S. in Agronomy/Plant Breeding from the University of
California at Riverside and Davis.
Delta and Pine Land Company is a commercial breeder, producer and marketer
of cotton planting seed, as well as soybean seed in the Cotton Belt. For
more than 80 years, the Mississippi-based company has used its extensive
plant breeding programs drawing from a diverse germplasm base to develop
superior varieties. Delta and Pine Land (NYSE: DLP) has offices in eight
states and facilities in several foreign countries.
Company news release
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