Ron Olson

Senior Agronomist at The Sulphur Institute
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Margaret Maizel

I have known Ron for nearly 35 years since we met at the first Precision Farming meeting in Illinois. He is a gentle, highly knowledgeable and trustworthy man. - A true pioneer in Precision Farming. Someone who farmers and farm businesses trust for his deep but modern knowledge of what food plants need to be healthy in the agronomic environment.

Bill Aiken

Ron has served as technical and marketing advisor as we introduced a new product from Mosaic in our local marketplace. As a "Messenger" his message was on target and proved valuable as our adoption curve for the new product was accelerated above expectations. His wisdom and experience were a key component to our success !!

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Experience

  • The Sulphur Institute
    • United States
    • International Trade and Development
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Senior Agronomist
      • Apr 2020 - Present

      Trade Association supporting companies engaged in mining, recovering sulphur for use in the production of phosphate and sulphur fertilizers. Trade Association supporting companies engaged in mining, recovering sulphur for use in the production of phosphate and sulphur fertilizers.

  • Olson & Associates
    • Business Consulting and Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • President/Owner
      • Jan 2015 - Present

      Following my retirement from The Mosaic Co. I started Olson Associates a professional development training and consulting business serving the agriculture and food sectors. My career spanned 45+ years in the Agronomy/Crop Nutrition Industry, Olson Associates is focused on providing technical and professional development training and consulting. Following my retirement from The Mosaic Co. I started Olson Associates a professional development training and consulting business serving the agriculture and food sectors. My career spanned 45+ years in the Agronomy/Crop Nutrition Industry, Olson Associates is focused on providing technical and professional development training and consulting.

  • Visual Farms, LLC
    • United States
    • IT Services and IT Consulting
    • Co-Founder
      • Jan 2015 - Dec 2020
  • The Mosaic Company
    • United States
    • Mining
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Senior Agronomist
      • Aug 2010 - Jan 2015

      In this position I am focused on supoorting the Technical Sales Manager team that sells Mosaic's Premium Product brands, including MicroEssentials, K-Mag and Pegasus. I provide training to Mosaic's retail partners in North America. I am a member of Mosaic's Worldwide Agronomy team and provide technical support on new product development.

    • R&D Manager
      • Oct 2004 - Sep 2010

      In this role I lead a small team that was focused on developing a brand new type of fertilizer, MicroEssentials. MicroEssentials was developed using Mosaic's exclusive "Fusion Technology". Develoing this product required bringing cross-fucntional teams together to from the formation of an idea to commercially launching a new product.

  • Cargill Crop Nutrition
    • Netherlands
    • Worldwide R&D Manager
      • 2000 - 2004

      Cargill Crop Nutrition decided to develop value-added products to their portfolio of fertilizer products. As R&D Manager I worked with a small team to develop and test potential new fertilizer products across North America and other global markets including Argentina, Australia, Brazil, China and India. Cargill Crop Nutrition commercially launched MicroEssentials in 2001 as it first new fertilizer product in 30 years. Cargill Crop Nutrition decided to develop value-added products to their portfolio of fertilizer products. As R&D Manager I worked with a small team to develop and test potential new fertilizer products across North America and other global markets including Argentina, Australia, Brazil, China and India. Cargill Crop Nutrition commercially launched MicroEssentials in 2001 as it first new fertilizer product in 30 years.

  • Top_Soil Testing Service
    • Owner
      • 1971 - 1995

      Top-Soil Testing Service was an agronomic consulting and soil testing company. Top-Soil provided custom soil sampling, testing and mapping to farmers and retail fertilizer dealers. It was one of the first consultants to use GPS and GIS technology to develop nutrient management and crop management services to its customers. Annually, Top-Soil served over 1,000 farmers and tested over 100,000 soil samples. Top-Soil Testing Service was an agronomic consulting and soil testing company. Top-Soil provided custom soil sampling, testing and mapping to farmers and retail fertilizer dealers. It was one of the first consultants to use GPS and GIS technology to develop nutrient management and crop management services to its customers. Annually, Top-Soil served over 1,000 farmers and tested over 100,000 soil samples.

  • Lincoln-Way High School
    • United States
    • Software Development
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Ag Department Chair
      • 1969 - 1977

Education

  • Governors State University
    Master of Science (MSc), Environmental Science
    1973 - 1976
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Bachelor of Science (BSc), Agronomy/Education Double Major
    1965 - 1969

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