We are NutriAg
Our group was founded in 1963 in South Africa, by a world-renowned agronomist, Dr. Jonah Fisher. Today, son-in-law, Martin Bloomberg continues to instill the same commitment and passion into the NutriAg team that is dedicated to a collective purpose—to innovate, ensure progress, and ultimately move agriculture forward with leadership, safety and integrity.
NutriAg empowers farmers to grow more, and grow smarter.”
— Martin Bloomberg, President and CEO
Our Mission
Our mission is to provide distributors and dealers with science-driven, field-proven products, and seasoned knowledge, enabling them to guide farmers in understanding and optimizing crop nutrition practices.
Our Vision
All growers will have access to cutting-edge products that provide maximum uptake and utilization by a diverse array of crops while reducing the impact on the environment. Committed field agronomists and scientists strategically embedded within the various growing communities throughout our markets to provide technical field support and product solutions, to help ensure maximum crop yield from one generation to the next.
Our Values
Leadership
NutriAg guides teams and organizations toward innovative, sustainable solutions for agricultural challenges. It requires a blend of scientific expertise, strategic thinking, and the ability to inspire collaboration between agronomists, distributors, dealers, and growers, quality, and yield.
Safety
Safety is crucial to prevent environmental contamination, health risks, and crop damage. We educate farmers and workers about safe practices, such as following guidelines for correct application rates, minimizing accidents, and promoting sustainable agricultural practices.
Integrity
Ethical production involves using scientifically proven methods, sourcing materials responsibly, and being transparent about product composition and performance. By prioritizing integrity, our agronomists, scientists, and our manufacturing group can build trust with farmers and consumers while promoting sustainable, efficient agricultural solutions, and practices.
Our Reach
Our global reach continues to grow because of our unwavering commitment to both science and service. By investing in cutting-edge research and delivering solutions grounded in real agronomic data, we earn the trust of growers worldwide.
Australia
Belize
Brazil
Canada
Columbia
Costa Rica
Dominican Rep.
Ecuador
Egypt
Guatamala
Holland
Honduras
Israel
Mexico
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Peru
USA
United Kingdom
Our Leadership Team
We achieve success through our team of professional agronomists, scientists, accountants, and marketing specialists, all working together to create an agricultural technology company.
Martin Bloomberg
President and CEO
Martin
Bloomberg
President and CEO
NutriAg’s president Martin Bloomberg has more than three decades of business strategy and agricultural science experience. A multi-talented registered agrologist, he is involved in all aspects of the company and remains committed to creating a company with the most cutting edge plant nutrient based technologies.
Martin is also the named inventor of several local and international patents. He has published several articles in various international journals. He combines a passion for research and development with a love of agriculture and and a keen interest in marketing and commerce. With exemplary dedication, and influential commitment, Martin inspires his NutriAg teams to be the innovative market leaders in the industry.
Aric Azbel
Chief Financial Officer
Aric
Azbel
Chief Financial Officer
Aric Azbel is a meticulous and analytical chartered accountant with over two decades of experience in strategic financial planning, corporate finance and accounting. Along with his excellent team, Aric oversees NutriAg’s financial objectives and provides vital, well informed financial direction.
He believes that his guidance and financial leadership achieve growth and financial integrity. Aric has worked with fast growing small to medium sized manufacturing organizations for over 25 years, creating and managing financial and operational infrastructure to facilitate ongoing rapid business growth.
He is a certified Chartered Accountant and a Certified Public Accountant.
Dr. Kelly Tanaka, Ph.D
Chief Scientific Officer
Dr. Kelly
Tanaka, Ph.D
Chief Scientific Officer
Dr. Kelly Tanaka is the Chief Scientific Officer who leads NutriAg’s exceptional team of researchers. Kelly is responsible for the Company’s product portfolio from concept to field validation for new products focused on agricultural unmet needs and sustainable farming practices.
He is coauthor or inventor on several peer reviewed scientific articles or patents and passionate about creating new solutions for growers around the globe. Kelly joined the NutriAg team in August 2009 after spending 7 years in the biotech sector honing his synthetic and product development skills.
Kelly holds a PhD in carbohydrate chemistry from Simon Fraser University.
Ari Bloomberg
VP, New Business Development – USA
Ari
Bloomberg
VP, New Business Development – USA
Ari Bloomberg is VP of New Business Development – USA. He has been with NutriAg for over 14 years and has extensive experience in all aspects of the company from procurement and manufacturing to customer and vendor relations. Ari has taken on the strategic role of developing the markets across the continental U.S.
Ari achieved his bachelors degree from McGill University in Montreal Quebec and his masters degree from McMaster University. Ari has been with NutriAg since fall of 2010.
Chad Mangan
VP, Sales – Canada
Chad
Mangan
VP, Sales – Canada
Chad Mangan is VP of Sales, Canada at NutriAg. Before joining NutriAg, he dedicated seven years to a role as a Territory Manager at a seed company, covering eastern Ontario. Prior to that, he spent eight years at a major agricultural company, where he served as a Farm Marketing Representative in St Thomas and later as a Grain Marketing Manager in Camrose, Alberta.
In 2004, he graduated from the University of Guelph with a Bachelor of Science, Honours in Agricultural Science. His professional journey is rooted in agriculture, having grown up and worked on a dairy/cash crop farm north of Kingston, Ontario. He currently reside in the same area with his family.
Dr. Chris Trobacher, Ph.D
VP, Research & Communication
Dr. Chris
Trobacher, Ph.D
VP, Research & Communication
Dr. Chris Trobacher obtained his BSc in Molecular Biology and Genetics, and both an MSc and PhD in Botany with a focus on cell biology and plant physiology, all at the University of Guelph. He also participated in a joint project with the University of Guelph and OMAFRA on post-harvest physiology of apple fruit stored under controlled atmosphere conditions as a Post-doctoral Fellow.
As the VP of Research & Communication at NutriAg Ltd. Chris participates in development and testing of foliar fertilizers, biopesticides, and biofertilizers on a variety of crops. He oversees preliminary product testing, investigates nutrient mobility in crops, how foliar fertilizers alter gene expression and the metabolome, and works with field researchers on trial design and data analysis. Chris also works with dealers and growers from Canada and beyond to educate them on foliar feeding and NutriAg’s products.
Daniel Cagan
VP, Logistics & Inventory Planning
Daniel
Cagan
VP, Logistics & Inventory Planning
Daniel Cagan is the VP of Logistics and Inventory Planning. He has extensive knowledge and experience in import and export business, operations management, warehouse operations, transportation regulations, and distribution.
Daniel leads a team of highly skilled professionals, synergistically working with other departments in meeting and exceeding our customer’s demands and expectations by delivering our products in the most cost effective, efficient, safe and timely approach. Daniel and his team are driven in bringing to our customers the best NutriAg experience!
Derek Williams
VP, Manufacturing
Derek
Williams
VP, Manufacturing
Derek Williams ensures efficient manufacturing across NutriAg’s entire product line. Derek continues to reinforce the highest standards of environmental safety in NutriAg’s manufacturing process. He also ensures that all products are produced in the most cost effective manner.
Derek supervises and manages all three of NutriAg’s manufacturing plants, two in Canada, and one in the USA. He is dedicated to increasing both productivity and quality in all of NutriAg’s production plants, without ever compromising on safety.
Lucia Ko
VP, Internal Audit & Costing
Lucia
Ko
VP, Internal Audit & Costing
Lucia Ko is the VP of Internal Audit & Costing. She provides leadership and effective inventory auditing and analysis for strategic product costing and pricing to meet company goals. Lucia has been working with the company since 2001. She has extensive background and experience in finance and supply chain management. She works with multiple departments utilizing expert knowledge to evaluate the internal operational processes and practices to add value and improve the organization’s risk management, control and governance processes.
She believes that the importance of sharing the company’s values and beliefs in a positive corporate culture with continuance improvement on process management can lead the Company on the success trajectory.
Dr. Mike Horvath, Ph.D
Director, Research & Development
Dr. Mike
Horvath, Ph.D
Director, Research & Development
Dr. Mike Horvath is the Director of Research & Development at NutriAg and has been with the company for nearly five years. With 20 years of experience in specialty chemicals research and scale-up, he focuses on delivering innovative technologies and products for our customers. Leading the chemistry R&D team in our state-of-the-art research laboratory, Mike takes great pride in developing solutions that drive real-world success, helping customers achieve a strong return on investment through improved crop yield and quality.
He earned his PhD in Organometallic Chemistry from the University of Toronto and completed a two-year ICI Postdoctoral Fellowship at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia.
Dr. Tom Bajorek, Ph.D
Director, Technology & Development
Dr. Tom
Bajorek, Ph.D
Director, Technology & Development
Dr. Tom Bajorek is the director of Technical Support and Development and he holds a PhD. in chemistry from McMaster University. Dr. Bajorek leads our NutriLab analytics department, and provides exemplary technical guidance to our entire team.
His expertise in IT allows for seamless integration of our reports and analysis for department-wide online access. As an accomplished research and development chemist, Tom has been widely published in scientific journals.
Ben Dalgleish
Director of Sales, Eastern Region
Ben
Dalgleish
Director of Sales, Eastern Region
Ben Dalgleish is Director of Sales, Eastern Region. He has been in the agricultural business, working in sales, and management roles with Ontario ag retail companies and NutriAg.
Prior to this role Ben spent the past nine years as an Area Manager with NutriAg. Ben has experience developing agronomy solutions for a wide range of crops across North America and grew up working on his family cash crop farm in Southwestern Ontario. He received his BSc (Agr) from the University of Guelph and is an Ontario Certified Crop Advisor.
Michelle Dyment
Director of Sales - Atlantic Canada
Michelle
Dyment
Director of Sales - Atlantic Canada
Michelle Dyment is the Director of Atlantic Canada at NutriAg and has been with the company since 2014. She started as the researcher for Atlantic Canada, for three growing seasons, before transitioning into sales. Prior to joining NutriAg, Michelle spent five years conducting field research for both a soybean and potato company.
In 2012, Michelle graduated from the Nova Scotia Agricultural College with a Bachelor of Science, Honours in Agricultural Science, majoring in plant science and minoring in pest management. She is a professional agrologist (P.Ag.), holds the Certified Crop Advisor (CCA) designation, and is a certified nutrient management planner. Michelle’s passion for agriculture stems from growing up and being actively involved on her family’s potato and cash crop farm. She currently resides on Prince Edward Island.
Aaron Haacke
Technical Director of Sales, CDN Prairies
Aaron
Haacke
Technical Director of Sales, CDN Prairies
Growing up in small town Saskatchewan, Aaron spent summers rouging pedigreed seed fields at a renowned seed farm, Wagon Wheel Seeds. This etched the path for a strong interest in farming practices. Aaron received his degree with Distinction from the University of Saskatchewan in 2010. During his tenure at the UofS, he obtained an Major in Agronomy and a Minor in Soil Science. Since that time, he has held several positions in the industry including field research, regional agronomist, and direct retail sales & agronomy services. Over the past nine years, Aaron has worked as a technical liaison in crop nutrition. Aaron has been with the NutriAg team since 2019 and is a great asset to our team.
