Cuba City, Wisconsin, USA
October 15, 2019
Gro Alliance announces the hiring of Marc Neuman as Director, Nursery Services and Business Development.
Marc is an industry veteran with a wide-ranging career path starting in corn genetics licensing and originator relationships with GreenLeaf Genetics. He then was the Seed Division Manager with Titan Pro and most recently the COO of Rob-See-Co.
“Marc brings a unique combination of expertise in corn genetics and broad experience in business development and team leadership,” said Jim Schweigert, president of Gro Alliance. “Marc will play a major role in the continued expansion of our contract nursery services business while serving as a member of the company’s management team.”
“This opportunity with Gro Alliance partners my past experience in corn genetics with my more recent roles in operations,” said Neuman. “It really is a perfect fit with a company that provides an incredibly diverse suite of nursery services across its entire network of facilities.”
Marc, his wife Shawn and two daughters (Allison and Emily) live in Omaha, NE. Marc holds a BS and MS from the University of Minnesota.
Founded in 1941, Gro Alliance is the nation’s largest independently owned contract seed corn and soybean seed production company. It provides GMO, non-GMO, organic, regulated, popcorn and soybean seed production as well a full suite of seed corn and soybean nursery services for companies around the world. Its headquarters are in Cuba City, Wis. with additional seed corn locations in Howe, Ind. and Mount Pulaski, Ill. It has soybean seed operations in Mount Pulaski, Breckenridge, Minn. and Leland, Iowa. It has nursery operations in Chile through its joint venture, CIS Alliance.