A graduate of Ohio State University, Mr. Haschen has over forty years of experience in animal and crop agriculture both nationally and internationally. His career has been focused on the development and marketing of new products and concepts for global agriculture.

During his fifteen years with the DuPont Co., he rose rapidly through the ranks and held positions in sales, field research, advertising and international marketing. At the time

Mr. Briggs before coming to Novera was Director of Business Development for Land O’ Lakes Purina Feed, LLC, the largest feed company in the world and an affiliate of Land O’ Lakes with sales in excess of $2.5 Billion. Prior to that he served as Director of the Northeast Region for Land O’ Lakes’ feed business in the Northeastern U.S. with earnings in excess of $20 million. Mr. Briggs has held a number of management positions with LOL and Purin

After graduating with an advanced degree from the University of Guelph in Guelph, Ontario Mr. Patterson joined the Shur Gain division of Canada Packers. Shur Gain is Canada’s largest feed manufacture.

During his nearly twenty-five years with Shur Gain Mr. Patterson gained international recognition for his work in animal nutrition. His expertise in animal nutrition computer modeling lead to the development of some of the most widely used soft