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  (Madison, Wis.) – Dr. Zachary Sawall recently joined the Vita Plus staff as a dairy nutritionist and technical services specialist. Based in central Wisconsin, Sawall will provide nutrition and management consulting to dairy producers throughout the area. Additionally, Sawall will provide field-driven technical support for the entire central Wisconsin team. Sawall earned his bachelor’s

(Madison, Wis.) - Leah Gesing recently joined the Vita Plus staff as a swine technical sales and support specialist.  Based in Madison, Wisconsin, Gesing will provide on-farm support to field staff and service swine producers throughout the Midwest. Additionally, Gesing will be responsible for developing new products and services. Gesing received her bachelor’s degree in

(Madison, Wis.) – Chance Meteer recently joined the Vita Plus staff as a beef specialist.   Serving producers throughout Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Illinois, Meteer will be responsible for sales and customer and technical support of Vita Plus beef products and services. He will work closely with the beef team to provide nutrition and management expertise

(Madison, Wis.) - Jeff Hoeger recently joined the Vita Plus staff as a dairy nutritionist. Based in eastern Iowa, Hoeger will work with dairy producers and offer nutrition consulting and ration formulation services.  He will also assist with forage sampling and farm record analyses. Hoeger graduated with an animal science degree from Cornell University. After

(Madison, Wis.) – Dr. Kevin Ratka recently joined the Vita Plus team as a dairy technical sales specialist.  Based in central Minnesota, Ratka will work closely with fellow dairy consultants to troubleshoot on-farm challenges and provide technical leadership to the dairy sales team.  He will use his expertise to apply the latest research in a

(Madison, Wis.) – With a commitment to bring the latest research and practical expertise to the farm, Vita Plus continues to build its dairy team to best serve customers throughout the Upper Midwest.  In their new roles, Dr. Andrew Kneisly, Donovan Nelson and Dr. Eric Schwab will work closely with Vita Plus consultants, dealer partners

(Madison, Wis.) – With a commitment to bringing the latest research and practical expertise to the farm, Vita Plus recently welcomed four new members to the dairy technical services team.  These individuals will work closely with consultants throughout the upper Midwest to help troubleshoot on-farm challenges and provide customized solutions to meet producers’ goals. Dr.

(Lanark, Ill.) – Kristin Plager was recently named Vita Plus Lanark customer service associate.  Based in Lanark, Illinois, Plager will work with customers to fulfill their feed orders and grain accounting needs.  She will also work with the production team to prepare formulas and product tags, and ensure timely production and delivery of feeds. Plager

(Madison, Wis.) - Katie Varney recently joined Vita Plus as a marketing and event specialist.  Based in Madison, Wisconsin, Varney will provide planning and project management support for Vita Plus-related events, training efforts, tradeshows, and customer meetings.  She will also work with the marketing team to further branding efforts and serve as a resource for

(Fall River, Wis.) – Jill Jones was recently named grain accountant at Vita Plus Fall River.  Jones will work closely with customers to meet their grain contract, merchandising and accounting needs.  She will maintain customer grain banking and storage balances, and serve as a resource for both growers and end-users. Jones attended the University of

(Madison, Wis.) – Michelle Windle was recently named a Vita Plus forage products and dairy technical service specialist.  Based in Madison, Wisconsin, Windle will lead efforts in research and development of new forage and dairy feed products.  She will work closely with Vita Plus and dealer consultants to apply the latest research to help customers

(Loyal, Wis.) – Jenn Krultz was recently named a commodity merchant at Vita Plus Loyal.  In her new role, Krultz will work to assure consistent, on-time delivery of feed ingredients and grain throughout central Wisconsin.  She will specifically focus on canola and assist customers with forward purchasing and market insight.  She will also assist with

(Madison, Wis.) – James Thompson was recently named a Vita Plus swine sales specialist.  Working primarily in Indiana and Michigan, Thompson will provide formulation, nutrition, production and business management consultation to swine producers through the use of farm data and observations.  He will also work closely with Vita Plus technical staff to apply the latest

  (Lanark, Ill.) – Richard Mensendike was recently named Vita Plus Lanark dairy specialist.  Based in Lanark, Ill., Mensendike will provide ration balancing, nutrition consulting and management expertise to dairy producers throughout northern Illinois.  He will coordinate with Vita Plus technical staff to offer customized solutions to meet customers’ production goals. Originally from Elizabeth, Ill.,

  (Madison, Wis.) – Alex Geiser was recently named a Vita Plus dairy specialist.  Working in northeast Wisconsin, Geiser will provide ration balancing, nutrition consultant and management expertise to dairy producers.  He will coordinate with Vita Plus technical staff to offer customized solutions to meet customers’ production goals.  Geiser will also work closely with dealer

  (Madison, WI) – Dr. Owen Mickley was recently named Vita Plus dairy specialist.  Serving central and eastern Ohio, Mickley will work to further develop relationships with dairy producers and dealer partners.  His key responsibilities will include nutritional and management consultation to dairy producers and development of customized rations to meet producers’ goals.  Mickley will