Robert Percy is the Director of Operations for Gardex Chemicals, and has been with the company for 19 years, and a bona fide resident of Canada since 2002. Prior to that Robert worked 17 years with ICI/Zeneca, now formerly known as Syngenta. Robert had numerous roles in the company, including Senior Marketing Manager for the Stauffer acquired multi-crop herbicides, then the soybean and cotton herbicides Fusilade, Reflex and Fusion. His last assignment was with the non-Ag Group, Zeneca Professional Products, with responsibility for marketing and strategy for the US and Canada.
Robert hails from the great state of Kansas, and has a Bachelor's Degree in Horticulture. He's attended many post grad courses, through Kansas State University, the University of Kansas, Southwestern, and Wharton School of Business to name a few.
All opinions are his own and do not reflect the policies of Gardex Chemicals Ltd.
It makes you wonder how many people (including children) sat around in a committee, eating tax dollar donuts, did it take to come up with a definition for ”residential”? This ones from Demand CS 11.2 Animal Housing (such as poultry and livestock housing) For indoor applications to residential areas (where the general public, including children […]
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Read More »So 9 conservative Supreme Court justices are changing the rights of women to control their own destinies and bodies. All in one little vote and signing a decision. Did you see they’re smiling photo shoot? The pasty ass smiles killed me. 9 people nominated by 1 or 2 old men, and approved by another 100 […]
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