Barenbrug grows southern field team

Joining a team of good people with great products was too tempting a chance to let pass for the newest recruit to pasture and forage company Barenbrug.

Jeremy Fraser has become area manager for Southland and South Otago, following Richard Doney’s retirement this year.

Southland raised, with a strong affinity for the rural sector and primary industries, he will be a familiar face to several of his new customers.

He spent the past six years with Advance Agriculture, where he was Invercargill branch manager and seed operations manager.

Before that he held various other regional roles with Alliance Group, DLF Seeds and Farmlands, giving him a broad range of industry experience.

“I always got on well with the Barenbrug team when I was in retail, and I know the products are great, so it’s an exciting opportunity for me to help southern farmers get the best out of their pastures.”

Outside of work, Fraser enjoys spending time with his family as well as hunting, fishing and boating.

Meantime, Shannon Morton, who joined Barenbrug through its graduate programme late 2016 and has since worked as pasture systems agronomist in Southland and Otago, has now also taken on area manager responsibilities for the rest of Otago and South Canterbury.

“It’s a new challenge which I’m really looking forward to. I’m excited to meet and work with more resellers and farmers.

“I really enjoy teaching people how to grow great pastures, and this is a way to share that knowledge with a wider range of people in a new area – South Canterbury – as well as Otago, which I know and love.”