The Right Team and Tools to Rise
About Us
At Koch Agronomic Services (KAS) we deliver innovative plant nutrient solutions designed to boost yield potential and reduce environmental impact. Our global team works with growers and third-party researchers to create technologies that can optimize fertilizer investments.
Each product in our portfolio is supported by our proven track record of product discovery, research, validation and commercialization. Our team brings solutions and technologies that give growers better efficiency, increased yield potential and the confidence they need to be successful at what they do best.
Working Together to Grow
KAS is focused on bringing proven solutions to the field. We are a team with unique backgrounds and experiences with one goal: find ways to deliver innovative plant nutrient solutions. Our robust Sales and Agronomy teams work in the field and in tandem with our teams that focus on Research and Development, Innovation, Strategic Product Marketing, Supply Chain and Customer Activation and Branding. Each team within KAS is connected by a shared focus to bring the right tools to grow.
Robust Salesforce
We actively work to become a preferred partner because we recognize the value in creating relationships that benefit all involved. Our experienced sales team is the first call for insights to what solutions will meet crop nutrition needs and yield performance.
Agronomy
KAS Agronomy team members apply their technical expertise to partner with our sales team and customers. We have a global team of agronomists with first-hand expertise in all major crops across the world. The team works with third-party researchers to actively evaluate our current portfolio and potential pipeline technologies to optimize our solutions so they perform in the field.
Research and Development
We’re constantly innovating. It’s how we were able to develop our industry-leading active ingredients like Pronitridine and Duromide, and it’s why our dedicated team of chemists continuously work to refine and improve our products. From performance-based enhancements to making handling easier, we work with our customers to find out what would make a better product and use our expertise to develop those technologies.
Innovation and Business Development
The KAS innovation process starts and ends with our customers. We talk with our customers globally to understand what problems and challenges they are facing and where they are looking to grow, so we can focus our efforts on delivering solutions that matter and create real value. We are always looking for new opportunities to develop and expand the KAS product portfolio.
Strategic Product Marketing and Supply Chain
The Strategic Product Marketing and Supply Chain team are committed to developing strategies designed to support our competitively advantaged portfolio of solutions to boost performance and optimize results.
Customer Activation and Brand Marketing
The Customer Activation and Brand Marketing teams work with other KAS teams and customers to identify product application solutions and brand opportunities that support all KAS brands.
Experienced Leadership Team
Our executive leadership team brings decades of experience in the agronomic space to set a vision and insightful roadmap for the company and our customers.
Steve Coulter
Senior Vice President, Koch Agronomic Services
Michael Berry
Vice President, Customer Activation and Branding
Ryan Bond
Vice President, Innovation and Business Development
Kurt Gabrielson
Vice President, Research and Development
Greg Hunter
Vice President, Global Sales
Kate Koehler
Vice President, Product Marketing
A History of Success
As part of Koch Holdings, LLC, a privately held company with some 120,000 employees operating in over 70 countries across the globe, we have access to an incredible array of resources. Our research, processes, systems and people all lead us to incredible innovations. We also employ the Principle Based Management values to our everyday. Integrity, stewardship and compliance, transformation, principled entrepreneurship, knowledge, humility, respect and self-actualization are the standards by which we evaluate everything and empower our people to grow and drive transformation.
