Stokes Seeds adds new Midwest manager

Stokes Seeds has hired Hannah Wildman as Territory Manager for Ohio, Illinois, Indiana and Missouri.

In the role, Wildman will be responsible for seed and service to producers in the region, providing commercial vegetable seed recommendations and collaborating with growers to match seed options to their production and profit goals.

“Hannah brings a strong and diverse agricultural background to the Stokes Seeds team that will make her valuable to growers in the region”, Bruce Ulmer, U.S. sales manager for Stokes Seeds, said in a news release.

Wildman earned a Bachelor’s degree in agriculture from Wilmington College in Wilmington, Kentucky, and is currently finishing her Master’s degree in agribusiness at Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas.

Wildman has a background in the nursery industry with additional experience in irrigation, crop scouting, and inventory management. Wildman previously worked as a site administrator and allocation specialist for Bell Nursery, an Elkridge, Maryland, grower of annuals and perennials.

Wildman has a background in the nursery industry with additional experience in irrigation, crop scouting, and inventory management. Wildman previously worked as a site administrator and allocation specialist for Bell Nursery, an Elkridge, Maryland, grower of annuals and perennials.

Beginning operations in 1881, Stokes Seeds is a leading distributor of commercial vegetable seeds. Based in Holland, Michigan, Stokes Seeds has operations in Buffalo, New York, Vineland, New Jersey, Moultrie, Georgia, LaBelle, Florida, and Thorold, Ontario.

Stokes Seeds services customers via 25 territory managers who work to provide new varieties, according to the release.

Wildman resides in the Springfield, Ohio area.