Pursell Agri-Tech has expanded its team with the addition of director of agronomy Eric Ellison, an experienced broadacre and specialty crop agronomist and researcher. Ellison will work closely with the Pursell Agri-Tech team to improve understanding of product applications at the field level and to support R&D efforts, commercial strategies and key partnerships.
Ellison’s experience includes work in both academia and industry, focused on research, education and product development. His educational background includes a bachelor’s degree in soil science and a doctorate in chemistry. He has worked for the last 15 years as an industry agronomist, primarily in NA agricultural markets for companies including Nutrien and Koch Agronomic Services, with an emphasis on improving fertilizer use efficiency, plant nutrition, and plant health.
“I am excited and extremely grateful for the opportunity Pursell Agri-Tech has afforded me to help establish its innovative, next-generation controlled release fertilizer technology,” Ellison said. “Growers need practical and reliable approaches to increasing fertilizer use efficiency. As a technology, controlled-release fertilizer not only reduces nutrient loss, but also makes fertilizer applications less complicated or worrisome. As a research manager and field scientist, my goal at Pursell is to create understanding that makes fertilizer inputs more efficient and effective for all growers and for meeting societal demands for a cleaner environment.”
Pursell Agri-Tech CEO Nick Adamchak said the company is “delighted to have Eric Ellison join the team. He is passionate about understanding the exact performance of the fertilizer in real-world applications and thus enabling our customers to obtain optimum outcomes, sharing his experience with controlled-release fertilizer as a way to do that consistently and sustainably.”
