Tatiana is the COO of LCS. She has been working with Group Limagrain for 15 years. Before coming to the States, she was CEO of Field Seeds in Ukraine and Russia, where she established subsidiaries in these two fast-growing markets. Prior to that assignment, Tatiana was the Area Manager for sister company HM.CLAUSE, a leader in vegetable seeds. Tatiana holds both a business and master’s degree.

Tami manages the accounting, finance, legal and human resources duties for the organization. She has a bachelor’s degree in business administration with an emphasis in accounting and finance from the University of Nebraska at Kearney. She also holds an active CPA license.

Jennifer orchestrates sales and logistics in addition to assisting with accounting. She is a graduate of Colorado State University, where she received a bachelor’s degree in Equine Science. Since graduation, Jennifer has worked in dispatching, as well as the agriculture and accounting industries.

Hannah spearheads commercial activities for LCS in Washington, Idaho, Oregon, and Western Montana. She has a bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Business Management from Oregon State University and was a sales and marketing representative for the university’s wheat breeding program before joining the LCS team.

Jeron assists with all aspects of the Pacific Northwest breeding program, including planting, management and harvesting of variety trials and early generation nurseries. He grew up on a dryland wheat farm and has a master’s degree from Washington State University. He worked for five years with the Oregon State University and USDA-ARS breeding programs before joining LCS.

Craig assists in all aspects of the Pacific Northwest breeding program, including planting, management and harvest. He graduated from Oregon State University with a degree in Horticulture. Prior to joining LCS, Craig worked for the U.S. Forest Service as part of a 5-needle pine resistance program and assisted Dr. Jim Myers in the vegetable breeding program at OSU.

Brandon grew up on a dryland wheat farm in Lind, Washington and is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Systems from Walla Walla Community College. Before returning to his agricultural roots with LCS, Brandon studied computer science and was an IT professional. He now assists with the PNW breeding program, from planting to management to harvest.

Nathan is from central Kansas and received his bachelor’s degree from Fort Hays State University. He comes to Limagrain with the same goal that he’s been working towards for over the past twelve years – to assist farmers in reaching their goals and to provide the best advice on how to set up their crops for success. Nathan has previous ag retail experience from the Coop system, to independent dealers, to coming from a farmer dealer operation. Nathan will be offering technical and commercial support to LCS distributors in Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, and Colorado.

Marla breeds hard winter wheat for the Central and Southern Great Plains. She earned her doctorate from Kansas State, and joined our team in 2010. Marla’s research career has focused on wheat improvement, genetic resistance to insects and pathogens, and producing accurate genotypic data.

Brent manages aspects of performance trial planting and harvest operations in the Central Plains, along with agronomy trials for both wheat and canola. Brent grew up on a dryland wheat farm in northern Oklahoma and spent 10 years as a certified crop advisor before joining the LCS team.

Dean assists Dr. Marla Barnett in breeding wheat for the Central Plains. He targets the accumulation and analysis of data for yield and disease resistance. Prior to joining the team, Dean assisted the late Dr. Jim Wilson of Trio Research.

Russell has a great deal of seed sales experience in the Northern Plains, in both retail and business-to-business roles. He offers technical and commercial support to LCS distributors in Minnesota, Montana and the Dakotas and looks forward to expanding distribution as the LCS portfolio of varieties continues to grow.

Michael manages U.S. seed stock production and works closely with the research and commercial teams to bring new varieties to producers. He earned his doctorate in Crop Science from North Carolina State University in 2002. Prior to joining LCS, Michael worked in crop consulting, precision agriculture, basic research, variety testing and as an associate professor and extension cereal specialist for Oregon State University.