Feb 9, 2021
Two new agronomists added by Vive Crop Protection to US team

Two agricultural professionals recently joined Vive Crop Protection to support Vive Crop Protection’s unique Precision Chemistry products in the Southern and Northern US marketplaces.

David Reif, left, Northern technical sales agronomist. George Huckabay, right, Southern technical sales agronomist.

George Huckabay joined Vive as the Southern Technical Sales Agronomist in November 2020. Huckabay was most recently with Nutrien Ag Solutions as a Precision Agronomist and also served as a Dyna-Gro Agronomist working predominately in cotton, corn, and soybeans. He has extensive experience in peanut, cotton, sorghum and vegetable crop nutrition and crop protection needs. Huckabay holds a B.S. Agronomy Plant Science and an M.S. Agronomy Plant and Soil Science from Auburn University.

David Reif joined Vive in February 2021 as the Northern Technical Sales Agronomist. Reif holds a B.S. Crop and Soil Sciences from Michigan State University. He comes to Vive from sales positions at Bayer CropScience and BASF where he launched several products and grew sales within various territories. He has extensive experience working with corn, soybeans, dry beans and sugarbeets.

Dan Bihlmeyer, Vive’s VP of Sales and Marketing says, “David and George will support our existing Vive Crop Protection sales team as we drive the development and adoption of our unique Precision Chemistry products. Growers who have used Vive products are exceptionally happy – with a 97% customer satisfaction rating and we’re working to introduce those products to distributors, retailers and growers throughout the country.”




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