With 35 years of experience in agricultural research, Curt has led Agro-Tech since founding the company in 1996. As President, he holds a B.S. in Agricultural Education and an M.S. in Crop and Weed Sciences from North Dakota State University.  Curt worked in the barley breeding program in graduate school.

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Curt has conducted numerous GLP-compliant trials, IR-4 field studies, and managed trials with regulated plant material since 1997. He has supervised confined nurseries with wheat, barley, canola, soybean, alfalfa, corn, sugar beet, and field pea.

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Curt has completed extensive postgraduate training in data analysis, statistics, experimental design, plant breeding, quantitative genetics, biometrics, and field research methodology. He has coordinated statistical training programs for plant scientists and has spent more than three decades training and mentoring agronomists and field staff.