The Foundation’s research and education program is guided by its Research and Education Committee. The committee, comprised of dealers and company agronomists, reviews and recommends to the Board of Directors all research and education projects undertaken by the Foundation.

Current membership of the Research and Education Committee includes:

Chairman - Corrigan, Ed, Brandt Consolidated Inc., Springfield, IL

Vice Chairman - Banks, Brian, The Andersons, Inc., Hastings, NE


Abi-Ghanem, Rita, Bio Huma Netics, Gilbert, AZ
Alley, Mark, Koch Fertilizer, Blacksburg, VA
Banks, Brian, Nutra-Flo Company, Hastings, NE
Bauer, Missy, B&M Crop Consulting, Coldwater, MI
Binford, Greg, Wilbur-Ellis Company, Whitestown, IN
Brown, Randy, Winfield Solutions, LLC, Kearney, NE
Bruice, Carl, Wilbur-Ellis, Rio Linda, CA
Cornelious, Brian, Agricen, Frisco, TX
Davis, Mark, Compass Minerals, Meridian, ID
Doerge, Tom, Moline Technology Innovation Center, Moline, IL
Easterwood, Bill, Yara North America Inc., Tampa, FL
Fairweather, Tom, Tessenderlo Kerley, Inc., Dundee, OR
Freeman, Kyle, The Mosaic Company, Plymouth, MN
Gerecke, Tom, Actagro, LLC, Biola, CA
Griffin, John, Crop Production Services, Inc., Flower Mound, TX
Lohry, Raun, Nutra-Flo Company, North Sioux City, SD
Luftkin, Chris S. , ICL Premium Fertilizers, Portland, MI
McDonald, Ray, Can Grow Crop Solutions, Inc., Alvinston, ON, Canada
McMaster, Jamie, SLTEC Fertilizers, Tongala, Victoria, Australia
Mercy, Justin, Wesfarmers CSBP Limited, Kwinana, West Australia
Mooso, Galen, J. R. Simplot Company, Boise, ID
Mullen, Robert, PotashCorp, Wooster, OH
Murphy, Larry, Murphy Agro, Manhattan, KS
Pflum, Joe, Nachurs Apline Solutions, Inc., Milton, IN
Satterfield, Ron International Mineral Technologies, Beatrice, NE
Stewart, Mike, International Plant Nutrition Institute, San Antonio, TX
Stites, Leon, Tessenderlo Kerley, Inc., Kansas City, MO
Thomas, Dave, Helena Chemical Company, Collierville, TN
Van Buren, Ned, Fluid Journal Editor, Greensboro, NC
Jason Weirich, MFA Incorporated, Columbia, MO
Woolsey, Herbert L., Woolsey Bros. Farm Supply Inc., Vandalia, IL