Clyde Smith Joins BASF Professional Vegetation Management as North Florida Sales Specialist
09 February 2006 - 3:02AM
Business Wire
BASF Professional Vegetation Management (ProVM) announced today
that Clyde Smith has joined the sales team as a sales specialist
covering the North Florida territory. Smith comes to the company
from the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Extension
where he served as a regional integrated pest management agronomy
agent for the past 3 years. "Clyde brings to us a valuable
combination of technical, sales and customer support experience,"
said Mark Newman, BASF Eastern sales manager. "He has substantial
experience training state and county right-of-way managers, Florida
Parks personnel, and private landowners on vegetation management
practices and new application techniques." As North Florida sales
specialist, Smith will utilize his expertise in vegetation
management to help government organizations and private landowners
control invasive species, manage lands for endangered species and
manage vegetation in the region. Smith will provide customer
support, demonstrate new products and application technology, and
recommend treatments. This move marks a return to BASF for Smith,
who started his career with American Cyanamid Company in 1990, and
stayed with the company until 2000, through its merger with BASF.
While at Cyanamid and BASF, Smith held positions as technical
service representative, forestry products specialist and regional
sales trainer. Smith earned a bachelor's degree in Agriculture and
Extension Education and a master's degree in Weed Science from
Mississippi State University. He can be reached at 850-272-1150,
smithca3@basf.com. BASF: Helping Make Products Better(TM) With
sales of EUR 3,354 million in 2004, BASF's Agricultural Products
division is a leader in crop protection and a strong partner to the
farming industry providing well-established and innovative
fungicides, insecticides and herbicides. Farmers use these products
and services to improve yields and quality of agricultural crops.
Other uses include public health, structural/urban pest control,
turf and ornamental plants. BASF aims to turn knowledge rapidly
into market success. The vision of BASF's Agricultural Products
division is to be the world's leading innovator, optimizing
agricultural production, improving nutrition, and thus enhancing
the quality of life for a growing world population. Further
information can be found on the web at www.agro.basf.com. BASF: The
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performance products, agricultural products and fine chemicals to
crude oil and natural gas. As a reliable partner to virtually all
industries, BASF's intelligent solutions and high-value products
help its customers to be more successful. BASF develops new
technologies and uses them to open up additional market
opportunities. It combines economic success with environmental
protection and social responsibility, thus contributing to a better
future. In 2004, BASF had approximately 82,000 employees and posted
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