ADAMA Canada, a leading crop protection company, continues to expand its presence in Eastern Canada to offer more support to its grower customers, retail and distribution networks.  

Dennis Roth has joined the company as area business manager based in Tavistock, Ontario.  He will report to Karin Younghans, the regional sales manager for Eastern Canada. 

Since graduating from the University of Guelph, Roth has managed a retail location for three years before joining one of the leading IP soybean exporters in Ontario. He continued on to a planning role at Syngenta, where he looked after all soybean seed production across Canada. Prior to ADAMA, Dennis worked with Nexeed, where he sold a line of cleaning equipment to clean and process all types of commodities for the seed and food industry. 

Former area business manager Drew Thompson will become the company’s full-time technical sales agronomist. He will cover the entire eastern market — Ontario, Québec and Atlantic Canada — and will develop the future pipeline of products for ADAMA in both row crop and horticulture as well as technical agronomy support for retail customers. 

Thompson enters his position with more than 20 years of experience in agriculture. Before starting at ADAMA in 2021, he worked in areas such as agronomy, agro-chemical research and sales after completing a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture followed by a Master of Science from the University of Guelph, where he researched how various agricultural practices impact greenhouse gas emissions. 

General manager Cornie Thiessen said the personnel changes are part of the company’s ongoing expansion into eastern Canada. “With Drew as an additional support, we can continue to expand into the eastern market while finding solutions unique to growers there. We’re committed to serving our retailers and growers with the best research and technical support we can offer. This is a long-term strategic investment into our Eastern Canadian operations,” said Thiessen. 

Source:  ADAMA CANADA June 27, 2023 news release