The Conservation Technology Information Center (CTIC) announced its new board of directors. Alan Ayers of Bayer CropScience will serve as chair. Lara Moody of The Fertilizer Institute is vice-chair, and Terry Tindall of the J.R. Simplot Company was named treasurer.
“It’s exciting to work with such a dedicated board to continue building CTIC as a preferred source of information on technologies that help keep farmers economically and environmentally sustainable,” says Ayers.
“The strength of this board comes from its members’ commitment to advocating for conservation agriculture, as well as their diversity,” he adds. “For more than 30 years, CTIC has brought together people from across the agriculture industry, academic institutions, environmental groups, media and government agencies to share information on productive, profitable conservation systems. This board will continue that proud legacy, building strong partnerships that help farmers and the environment.”
This year’s CTIC board of directors consists of:
Officers
Alan Ayers, Chair, Bayer CropScience
Lara Moody, Vice Chair, The Fertilizer Institute
Terry Tindall, Treasurer, J.R. Simplot Company
Pauley Bradley, Past Chair, John Deere
Directors
Larry Clemens, The Nature Conservancy
Kevin Coffman, Monsanto
Nancy DeLong, DuPont Pioneer
Alan Forbes, Case IH
Anita Foster, The Mosaic Company
Nicholas Goeser, National Corn Growers Association
Sarah McLallen, CropLife Foundation
Jason Moulin, Dow AgroSciences
Mark White, Syngenta America, Inc.
Tim Palmer, National Association of Conservation Districts
Paul Poister, Agrium
Luther Smith, International Certified Crop Adviser
Donnie Taylor, Agricultural Retailers Association
“Alan has been a dedicated and active member of the CTIC board for years, and will be an outstanding leader,” says Karen A. Scanlon, CTIC’s executive director. “He’s a great example of the dedicated, hard-working people who make CTIC such a wonderful and effective organization.”
Highlights of CTIC’s 2015 schedule include the release of the third annual farmer survey on cover crops, a Conservation in Action Tour of Minnesota in August, a comprehensive study of the economic and agronomic benefits of cover crops, and field days associated with conservation demonstration projects in the Indian Creek watershed of Illinois and the Big Pine watershed in Indiana.