Richard Kent Butcher

Background

Butcher, Richard Kent was born on June 20, 1949 in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, United States. Son of Richard Walter and Donna Beth (Winchell) Butcher.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Agronomy, Agricultural Economics, University Nebraska, 1971.

Career

Agriculturalist Great Western Sugar Company, Lovell, Wyoming, 1972-1975. Farmer Butcher Farms, Morrill, Nebraska, 1975-1978. Senior sales representative Monsanto Agricultural Company, Sterling, 1978-1983, sales specialist Fort Collins, Colorado, 1983-1989, senior sales specialist, 1989-1993.

Local market manager, team facilitator, 1993-1995. Manager Southern team customer relations center Monsanto, St. Louis, 1995-1996. Research manager Monsanto World Cotton, 1997-1998.

Retired

Trainer company internal Monsanto Agricultural Colonel, Sterling, Fort Collins, since 1979, regional manager advisory team, Fort Collins, 1987-1993, general manager advisory board, Sterling, Fort Collins, 1983-1987.

Achievements

• Richard Kent Butcher has been listed as a noteworthy local market manager by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Coach Sterling Soccer Association, 1980-1983, Sterling Baseball Association, 1982-1983, Fort Collins Soccer Association, 1984-1986, Fort Collins Baseball League, 1984-1987. Second lieutenant United States Army, 1971-1972. Member Colorado Conservation Tillage Association (founding/board member since 1988), Rocky Mountain Plant Food and Agricultural Chemical Association (vice president 1986, board directors 1980-1986), Residue Management Work Group USDA-Soil Conservation Service (advisory board 1991-1994), Colorado Aerial Applicators Association, Colorado Association Wheat Growers, Colorado Corn Growers Association.

Interests

• Fishing, hiking, writing, stained glass.

Connections

Married Cheryl Ann Morton, June 8, 1969. Children: James William, Shelly Rene, Sherry Rene.

Father:

Richard Walter Butcher

Mother:

Donna Beth (Winchell) Butcher

Spouse:

Cheryl Ann Morton

child:

Sherry Rene Butcher

child:

Shelly Rene Butcher

child:

James William Butcher