Reed Mayberry District - Industry Rep.

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Reed Mayberry of Brandon, S.D., is an Area Manager with Pioneer, with responsibility for all Pioneer business in the state of South Dakota. His position, which he’s held since Oct. 1, 2008, oversees the company’s 87 agencies and 18 employees across the state dedicated to selling and servicing Pioneer products. Mayberry joined the South Dakota Corn Growers Association as an industry rep in 2009.

With a degree in Business Management from Dana College in Blair, Neb., Mayberry took a position with Bayer after graduation. As his career progressed with Bayer, he had the opportunity to move back to his home state of Nebraska to take a position with Monsanto, where he spent six years. He then joined POET as a Biomass Manager looking at ways that corn producers could sell other products derived from corn to ethanol plants for cellulosic ethanol. He worked in that field until taking his current position with Pioneer.

Mayberry says he chose the agricultural profession because agriculture is a people business.

“People buy from people in agriculture and relationships are everything!” said Mayberry.

With his leading role in the industry, he believes one of the most important issues facing today’s corn producer is the time has come when the world will ask more from corn producers.

“We are going to call on them to not only feed but fuel our world. This is a challenge to every corn producer in South Dakota as we look forward to the opportunity of cellulosic ethanol and alternative energy become as common as feeding our corn today,” said Mayberry.

Mayberry and his wife, Angie, have two children: Avery and Ryley. In his spare time Mayberry enjoys sports and activities with his family such as dirt biking, 4-wheeling, jet skiing, sledding and ‘just playing Dad.’