New hires, promotions, retirements
Institute of Food Technologists promotes Bryan Hitchcock The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) announced the promotion of Bryan Hitchcock to chief science and technology officer, a top leadership position within the nonprofit scientific institute committed to advancing the science of food and its application across the global food system. Hitchcock assumes the role from former IFT President John Ruff who has served in an interim capacity for the past two years.
Hitchcock joined IFT in 2019 as senior director, food chains, and executive director of the Global Food Traceability Center, spearheading efforts to address food traceability challenges and harness opportunities across the supply chain. Read more Mace Thornton joins Stratovation Group Veteran strategic communications professional Mace Thornton has joined Stratovation Group as partner and chief operating officer to lead integrated client services.
Thornton will establish a new Stratovation field office in St. Louis. He comes to Stratovation from senior leadership roles at the United Soybean Board (USB), where he was vice president of communications and marketing strategy, and the American Farm Bureau Federation, where he served as executive director of communications in Washington, D.C. Thornton has spent more than 30 years as a strategic communications professional in the agricultural sector. Read more Ashley Landwerlen promoted to at Chore-Time
Ashley Landwerlen has been promoted to senior production planner for Chore-Time, according to Jo Coverstone, supply chain manager for the CTB Inc. business unit. In her new position, Landwerlen will lead production planning for ventilation, oversee system and process training, as well as manage process documentation. Landwerlen had been named production planner for Chore-Time in August 2018. Read more Hubbard announces new sales organization After 41 years dedicated to the development of the company, David Fyfe, global sales director of Hubbard, is retiring at the end of the year. To be well prepared, Hubbard initiated a gradual transition of responsibilities and missions in July 2022.
Bruno Briand is taking over the responsibility of the global commercial department with the support of Mark Barnes in the Americas and Thomas Verrey in the AMEA region (Asia, Middle East & Africa), and maintains his direct sales responsibilities for Europe. Read more
Terrain launches with powerhouse of ag economists, market analysts
Terrain, a new source of agricultural industry analysis for U.S. farmers and ranchers, has officially launched. Three leading Farm Credit Associations – American AgCredit, Farm Credit Services of America and Frontier Farm Credit – partnered to establish and offer Terrain to their customers.
“Serving farmers and ranchers – from everything between Iowa’s hog and corn farmers to California’s dairy and vineyard owners – is our shared mission,” said Curt Hudnutt, chief executive officer of American AgCredit. “To continue to grow our customers’ success, we combined the scale of Farm Credit Services of America, American AgCredit and Frontier Farm Credit to create Terrain’s industry-leading team.”
Don Close, an internationally recognized leader in cattle marketing and policy, leads the Terrain team. Close, who serves as Terrain’s chief research and analytics officer, and the rest of the team bring extensive experience providing insight and analysis across the food and agricultural value chain. The team includes:
David Weaber, senior animal protein analyst, whose career analyzing live animal and meat businesses has spanned the entire meat supply chain for beef, pork and poultry Ben Laine, senior dairy analyst, an economist who has dedicated his career to helping dairy producers manage price, trading and other external risks Matthew Roberts, Ph.D., senior grain and oilseed analyst, a recognized public speaker, economist and former 15-year Extension grain marketing specialist Cody Barilla, grain and oilseed analyst, who has a wealth of on-the-ground experience in appraising, crop farming and the Extension Service. Matthew Clark, senior rural economy analyst, known for his ability to distill how macroeconomic trends impact everyday agriculture, drawing on his experience as an economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Heather Stettner, engagement director, a public relations, communications, and marketing specialist whose career has spanned most of agriculture’s industries Terrain’s experts share insights on trends and market-moving events through reports, videos, presentations and more. Visit terrainag.com for Terrain’s current perspective on the impact of interest rates on agricultural loans, a discussion on how grain storage costs change with interest rates, and insights on the near-term risks for the hog farming sector.
