Nufarm appoints Ken Barham VP of crop protection sales

Nufarm Americas Inc. announced April 21 that Ken Barham has been appointed VP crop protection sales – U.S.

Barham’s experience spans nearly 20 years in the US crop protection industry, most recently as Nufarm North America’s VP Customer & Brand Marketing during the past four years. While at Nufarm, Barham has led considerable growth through the advancement of customer-focused technologies and the launch of many differentiated and innovative crop protection and seed treatment solutions.

Prior to joining the Nufarm team, Ken led post-patent strategies for herbicide and insecticide marketing at Syngenta. He also spent eight years in roles within operations, sales and marketing with Adama Group Companies. Barham earned his degree in Agronomy and Agriculture Business Management from North Carolina State University.

“Ken’s consistent customer focus and knowledge of the crop protection market landscape will ensure the success of this integral role. I look forward to working alongside Ken as he takes the Nufarm Sales organization to the next level, supporting exceptional outcomes for our ag supply channel partners and the growers they serve,” Brendan Deck, Nufarm’s General Manager – North America, said in a news release.

As Nufarm continues its growth across North America, the company is committed to bringing innovation and choice to the ag supply channel, delivering reliable foundational and proprietary solutions from three state-of-the-art U.S. manufacturing facilities.

Established in Australia more than 100 years ago, Nufarm is a manufacturer and suppliers of crop protection and seed treatment in the world. In the U.S., Nufarm is committed to bringing innovation and choice to distributors, retailers and the growers they serve from three state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities located to serve the North American channel with planning and precision.