Boosting its intellectual capital for further innovations, Bunn Fertiliser Limited has today (5th August, 2013) appointed Stuart Staples to a new position of UK Crop Nutritionist. Based at the Bunn headquarters in Norwich, Stuart will be learning about customers’ specific crop nutrient needs and responding with new products and services.
“I look forward to working with our technical sales managers, advisors and customers to assess our whole portfolio, looking to adapt, change and adjust, to better meet customer requirements,” Stuart explains. “There are great opportunities with exciting new technology and techniques that enable us to develop innovative products with even greater performance. We will be building on the success of our new Koch Advanced Nitrogen® fertilisers where our own stabilisation technology ensures that nitrogen is retained in the soil and available to the crop whatever the weather. This is the kind of innovation we will be bringing to the market.”
“To date our technical sales managers have had a technical advisory role, helping our customers to make the right nutrient decisions,” explains David Harrod, Commercial Director of Bunn. “Now we plan to extend that work to produce ever greater improvements. Stuart will be working in tandem with our global colleagues at Koch Fertilizer to pool ideas and techniques.”
With an Honours Degree in agricultural plant science from Nottingham University, Stuart joins from a company that specialises in fertilisers for turf and amenity, horticulture and specialist crops. He has been developing value-added products for the turf and amenity sector, giving technical support and advice to end-users and can take credit for the quality of the turf in some of the country’s top premier league football stadiums and foremost golf courses.
“This is going to be a great new challenge,” says Stuart. “Working closely with the team here in the UK and my colleagues at Koch Fertilizer I feel there are some great opportunities for bringing further innovations to the fertiliser market. We are particularly fortunate to be based here in East Anglia, one of the leading regions in Europe for agricultural science, and close to the scientists in Norwich and Cambridge.”
More information about the wide-range of products and services offered by Bunn is available at www.bunnfertiliser.com or telephone 08451 662222.
MEDIA CONTACTS
- Charles Macdowell, Kendall Communications – T: 01394 610022 E: charles.macdowell@kendallscom.co.uk
- David Harrod, Bunn Fertiliser - T: 08451 662222 E: david.harrod@bunnfertiliser.com
NOTES TO EDITORS:
Established in 1816, Bunn Fertiliser Limited is a fertiliser blender and distributor, selling to retail and wholesale customers in the UK. Bunn’s operations are comprised of nine terminals strategically placed throughout the UK. Bunn Fertiliser Limited is an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Koch Fertilizer, LLC.
W: www.bunnfertiliser.com
Koch Fertilizer, LLC, and its subsidiaries own or have interests in nitrogen fertilizer plants in the United States, Canada, and Trinidad and Tobago. The companies cover global demand through state-of-the-art terminals in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Australia, France and the United Kingdom. Koch Fertilizer, LLC and its subsidiaries have the capability to market and distribute more than 13 million tons of fertilizer products annually. Koch Fertilizer, LLC is an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Koch Industries, Inc., one of the largest private companies in America.
W: www.kochfertilizer.com
Koch Advanced Nitrogen® fertiliser is a urea-based nitrogen fertiliser powered by AGROTAIN® nitrogen stabiliser. AGROTAIN® stabiliser protects nitrogen from loss through volatilisation to ensure that more nitrogen is available to fuel the crop. AGROTAIN® stabiliser technology was proven in UK trials by ADAS, IGER/ Rothamsted Research, and AFBI. AGROTAIN® stabiliser was reviewed and registered after meeting EU fertiliser requirements.