Biography:
Ron Olson is the President of Olson & Associates, LLC, an agri-business/agvocacy consulting group. Prior to Olson & Associates Ron was the North America Senior Agronomist for The Mosaic Company and Research & Development Manager for Cargill Crop Nutrition. During his time with Cargill/Mosaic Ron led the team that developed the MicroEssentials suite of fertilizers. Ron was an educator and owner of an agronomic consulting business. In 1990 that business was one of the first companies to assist farmers with GPS-based 2.5 acre grid soil sampling, VRT seeding and fertilizer applications, and yield mapping. He holds a B.S. degree in both Agronomy and Education from the University of Illinois and an M.S. degree in Environmental Science from Governors State University in University Park, IL.